Table 6 Association between socio-demographic variables and willingness to wear a face mask as an added effective preventive measure
Variable | Willingness to wear a face mask as an added effective preventive measure Frequency (%) | Χ2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unwilling | Somewhat willing | Willingly | |||
Age | |||||
< 40 years | 24 (7.3) | 61 (18.6) | 243 (74.1) | 5.607 | 0.059 |
≥ 40 years | 10 (4.5) | 29 (12.9) | 185 (82.6) | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 18 (7.0) | 34 (13.3) | 204 (79.7) | 3.550 | 0.168 |
Female | 16 (5.4) | 56 (18.9) | 224 (75.7) | ||
Highest level of education | |||||
No formal education | 4 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (37.5) | 50.602 | < 0.001 |
Primary school educated | 5 (9.3) | 12 (22.2) | 37 (68.5) | ||
Secondary school educated | 21 (6.9) | 59 (19.2) | 227 (73.9) | ||
Informally educated | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | ||
Post-secondary school educated | 3 (1.7) | 16 (9.0) | 159 (89.4) | ||
Employment status | |||||
Employed | 26 (5.8) | 73 (16.3) | 349 (77.9) | 0.5299 | 0.713 |
Unemployed | 8 (7.7) | 17 (16.3) | 79 (76.1) | ||