Female children (n=30) | Male children (n=30) | P value | Female young adults (n=40) | Male young adults (n=22) | P value | |
Know reason for lockdown | 96.7 | 100 | 0.99 | 85 | 100 | 0.08 |
Know about COVID-19 | 83.3 | 96.7 | 0.195 | 77.5 | 100 | 0.02* |
Able to identify symptoms | 90 | 66.7 | 0.058 | 87.5 | 95.5 | 0.41 |
Knowledge sources | ||||||
Television | 90 | 70 | 0.1 | 85 | 86.4 | 0.99 |
Social media | 10 | 33.3 | 0.06 | 55 | 72.7 | 0.19 |
Community and family | 50 | 43.3 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 72.7 | <0.001* |
All figures provided are in percentages.
Tests of significance: Fisher’s exact test.
*Significant difference.