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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Fear and depression during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon: a nation-wide observational study

Characteristics

Survey findings

N = 7381

Age: Median [IQR]

30.0 (25.0–38.0)

Gender: n (%)

 Male

5409 (73.3%)

 Female

1972 (26.7%)

Highest educational level: n (%)

 Primary school

118 (1.6%)

 Secondary school

2029 (27.5%)

 University: Undergraduate

2963 (40.1%)

 University: Postgraduate

2271 (30.8%)

Residential setting: n (%)

 Rural

672 (9.1%)

 Sub-Urban

1327 (18.0%)

 Urban

5382 (72.9%)

Living alone in household: n (%)

1383 (18.7%)

Self-reported socio-economic status: n (%)

 Low class

2494 (33.8%)

 Lower-middle class

3839 (52.0%)

 Upper-middle class

912 (12.4%)

 High class

136 (1.8%)

Profession: n (%)

 Student

1832 (24.8%)

 Unemployed

1342 (18.2%)

 Self-employed

869 (11.8%)

 Private employee

1843 (25.0%)

 Government employee

1285 (17.4%)

 Retired

210 (2.9%)

Healthcare worker or student: n (%)

793 (10.7%)

Source of COVID-19 information: n (%)a

 Radio, Television, or government announcements

6601 (89.4%)

 Social Media

5780 (78.3%)

 Healthcare worker

2874 (38.9%)

Underlying chronic disease: n (%)b

716 (9.7%)

History of being quarantined at home/institution: n (%)

1375 (18.6%)

History of violence/discrimination during COVID-19 outbreak: n (%)

1334 (18.1%)

  1. IQR Interquartile range [25th percentile – 75th percentile]
  2. aEach participant was allowed to choose more than one answer, hence the categories may overlap
  3. bHeart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, HIV, or asthma