From: Fear and depression during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon: a nation-wide observational study
Characteristics | Survey findings N = 7381 |
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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%) |