Table 1 Association between sociodemographic data and COVID-19 fear scores

Age category

18–30

N = 347

18.12 ± 5.86

0.282^b

0.754

31–50

N = 632

18.37 ± 6.06

 > 50

N = 23

18.83 ± 4.77

Sex

Female

N = 713

18.76 ± 5.88

3.869^a

 < 0.001**

Male

N = 289

17.15 ± 6.03

Marital

Divorced

N = 35

17.11 ± 7.88

2.645^b

0.048*

Married

N = 726

18.59 ± 5.87

Single

N = 235

17.51 ± 5.91

Widow

N = 6

20.33 ± 2.5

Residence

Rural

N = 281

19.81 ± 6.19

4.318^a

0.001**

Urban

N = 781

17.87 ± 5.83

Occupation

Not working, medical

N = 132

18.3 ± 5.75

10.7^b

 < 0.001**

Not working, non- medical

N = 313

19.79 ± 6.17

Working medical

N = 250

17.3 ± 5.87

Working non-medical

N = 307

17.57 ± 5.62

Education

Middle education

N = 92

21.64 ± 6.22

16.444^b

 < 0.001**

Read & write

N = 20

23.05 ± 7.62

Postgraduate

N = 327

17.7 ± 5.71

University

N = 563

17.93 ± 5.76

Medical comorbidity

No

N = 772

18.06 ± 5.93

-2.213^a

0.027*

Yes

N = 230

19.06 ± 6.02

Psych. comorbidity

No

N = 677

17.83 ± 5.97

-3.555^a

 < 0.001**

Yes

N = 325

19.26 ± 5.84

Substance abuse

No

N = 969

18.33 ± 5.95

1.031^a

0.331

Yes

N = 33

17.24 ± 6.21

Nicotine smoking

No

N = 896

18.42 ± 5.94

1.97^a

0.049*

Yes

N = 106

17.22 ± 6.09

Relative infection with COVID-19

No

821

18.27 ± 5.91

0.29

0.78

NS

Yes

181

18.41 ± 6.20

Satisfaction with personal information

No

352

19.45 ± 5.94

4.57

 < 0.001

**

Yes

650

17.67 ± 5.89

Satisfaction with governmental precautions

No

441

18.48 ± 5.97

1.75

0.08

NS

Yes

561

17.69 ± 5.91