Resumption of School amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventive Practices among Final-Year Senior High Students at a Technical Institute in Ghana

Table 3

Differences in the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 according to students’ characteristics.

Independent variables	n (%)	Knowledge (score range: 5–18)	Attitude (score range: 8–30)	Practice (score range: 0–5)
		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age group (in years)
<18	5 (2.9)	13.2 (4.02)	21.4 (7.06)	2.6 (1.14)
18–25	161 (92.0)	13.9 (2.66)	21.0 (4.24)	3.0 (1.20)
26–32	9 (5.1)	14.0 (3.57)	20.6 (3.40)	2.8 (1.09)
Gender
Male	126 (72.0)	13.8 (2.80)	20.9 (4.25)	2.9 (1.27)
Female	49 (28.0)	14.1 (2.36)	21.2 (4.37	3.2 (0.92)
Religious affiliation
Christianity	54 (30.9)	14.2 (2.40)	21.5 (3.90)	3.3 (1.07)
Islam	121 (69.1)	13.7 (2.86)	20.7 (4.42)	2.9 (1.22)
Origin of student
Northern	162 (92.6)	13.9 (2.70)	20.8 (4.29)	3.0 (1.20)
Southern	13 (7.4)	13.8 (2.30)	22.5 (3.84)	3.3 (1.03)
Program of study
Fashion and design	29 (16.6)	14.3 (2.36)	21.1 (3.52)	3.0 (1.25)
Catering	29 (16.6)	14.2 (2.64)	21.2 (4.90)	3.4 (0.78)
Building and construction	15 (8.6)	14.1 (2.13)	19.6 (5.03)	3.2 (1.42)
Carpentry and joining	17 (9.7)	13.1 (2.66)	20.2 (4.49)	3.2 (1.51)
Welding and fabrication	12 (6.9)	13.4 (3.70)	23.2 (4.75)	2.3 (1.44)
Electrical engineering	50 (28.6)	13.9 (2.88)	20.6 (3.54)	2.9 (0.95)
Automobile engineering	10 (5.7)	12.8 (3.55)	22.0 (5.87)	3.0 (1.33)
Others^a	13 (7.4)	13.9 (2.33)	21.1 (4.01)	2.8 (1.46)
Father’s level of education
No formal education	106 (60.6)	13.9 (2.35)	20.7 (4.33)	2.9 (1.18)
Basic level	17 (9.7)	13.8 (3.56)	21.0 (4.82)	2.8 (1.20)
SHS level	29 (16.6)	14.0 (3.05)	20.4 (3.53)	3.3 (1.07)
Tertiary level	23 (13.1)	13.6 (3.38)	22.8 (4.21)	3.3 (1.32)
Mother’s level of education
No formal education	128 (73.1)	14.1 (2.57)	20.9 (4.31)	3.0 (1.20)
Basic level	21 (12.0)	13.0 (3.79)	20.0 (4.97)	2.8 (1.08)
SHS level	13 (7.4)	13.2 (1.99)	22.8 (3.41)	3.2 (1.24)
Tertiary level	13 (7.4)	14.1 (2.81)	21.3 (3.04)	3.4 (1.19)
Received education about COVID-19
Yes	136 (77.7)	14.6 (2.69)	21.1 (4.25)	3.1 (1.16)
No	39 (22.3)	13.7 (2.48)	20.4 (4.36)	2.6 (1.21)

Note.Significant differences ().