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Table 5 Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics and mean KAP score

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of university students toward COVID-19 in Southern region, Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

Variable

N

%

Knowledge

Attitudes

Practices

Mean

SD

P a

Mean

SD

P a

Mean

SD

P a

Gender

 Female

40

11.1

12.2

1.0

 < 0.001

37.9

2.4

 < 0.001

29.4

2.4

0.007

 Male

319

88.9

12.9

1.7

40.0

3.9

31.9

6.3

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

Age

 < 23

230

64.1

12.8

1.7

0.429

39.9

3.8

0.219

31.8

6.3

0.427

 ≥ 23

129

35.9

12.9

1.6

39.5

4.0

31.3

5.5

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

 

31.6

6.0

 

Marital Status

 Single

292

81.3

12.8

1.7

0.879

39.6

3.7

0.122

31.5

6.1

0.154

 Married

67

18.7

12.8

1.6

40.3

4.3

32.4

5.6

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

Socioeconomic Status (SES)

 Low SES

122

34.0

12.7

2.0

0.890

39.7

3.6

0.058

32.6

6.2

 < 0.001

 Moderate SES

170

47.4

12.9

1.3

39.4

4.2

30.4

5.6

 High SES

67

18.7

12.8

1.6

40.7

3.1

33.0

6.3

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

Living Area

 Rural

125

34.8

12.9

2.0

0.069

39.7

3.9

0.957

30.9

6.1

0.133

 Urban

234

65.2

12.8

1.4

39.8

3.8

32.0

6.0

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

Faculty

 Computer Science

13

3.6

12.5

1.1

 < 0.059

35.2

4.5

 < 0.001

27.6

6.3

 < 0.001

 Economics

31

8.6

13.1

1.1

37.4

2.6

26.7

4.0

 Education

109

30.4

12.8

1.5

40.7

2.9

34.7

5.6

 Engineering

61

17.0

13.0

1.1

39.5

3.2

28.2

4.0

 Journalism

21

5.9

13.0

1.6

41.8

2.7

34.2

6.7

 Literature

26

7.2

12.6

2.5

41.3

3.2

35.0

4.9

 Medicine

31

8.6

13.2

1.9

43.2

3.7

32.8

5.4

 Political Science

16

4.5

13.5

1.3

35.6

2.4

27.8

4.0

 Public Administration

28

7.8

12.4

0.9

35.9

3.0

28.1

3.8

 Religious Studies

23

6.4

11.9

2.8

40.9

4.2

34.2

6.2

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

Faculty Year

 1

107

29.8

12.6

2.0

0.385

39.7

3.8

 < 0.001

32.2

6.5

0.330

 2

79

22.0

12.8

1.4

39.6

3.1

31.9

6.1

 3

72

20.1

13.1

1.3

40.7

3.9

31.8

5.9

 4

88

24.5

12.8

1.5

38.7

4.1

30.5

5.5

 5

13

3.6

12.9

2.5

42.9

4.2

32.0

6.3

 Total

359

100

12.8

1.6

39.8

3.8

31.6

6.0

  1. Notes: aKruskal-Wallis test
  2. Abbreviations: KAP, knowledge, attitudes and practices; SES, socioeconomic status