Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample (N = 405)
| Â | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 82 | 20.2% |
 Female | 323 | 79.8% |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 276 | 68.1% |
 Married | 129 | 31.9% |
Education level | Â | Â |
 School level | 42 | 10.4% |
 University level | 363 | 89.6% |
Monthly income | ||
 No income | 185 | 45.7% |
 Low | 53 | 13.1% |
 Intermediate | 75 | 18.5% |
 High | 92 | 22.7% |
Employment status | ||
 Employed, medical field (frontline contact with COVID-19 patients) | 10 | 2.5% |
 Employed, medical field (non-frontline contact) | 55 | 13.6% |
 Employed, non-medical | 114 | 28.1% |
 Unemployed | 226 | 55.8% |
Family member in the medical field | ||
 Yes | 114 | 28.1% |
 No | 291 | 71.9% |
Living place | ||
 Rural | 108 | 26.7% |
 Urban | 297 | 73.3% |
Religion | Â | Â |
 Christian | 71 | 17.5% |
 Muslim | 254 | 62.7% |
 Druze | 42 | 10.4% |
 Atheist | 1 | 0.2% |
 Refuse to answer | 35 | 8.6% |
 Other | 2 | 0.5% |
Diagnosed with COVID-19 | ||
 Yes | 41 | 10.1% |
 No | 364 | 89.9% |
Tested with COVID-19 | ||
 Yes | 164 | 40.5% |
 No | 241 | 59.5% |
History of COVID-19 in the family | ||
 Yes | 113 | 27.9% |
 No | 277 | 68.4% |
 I do not know | 15 | 3.7% |
Time spent on COVID-19 information sources/day | ||
 0–30 min | 308 | 76.0% |
  > 30 min | 97 | 24.0% |
| Â | Mean | SD |
 Age | 28.38 | 12.02 |
 Household crowding index | 1.14 | .55 |