Research Article

Estimation of Underreported Cases of Infections and Deaths from COVID-19 for Countries with Limited and Scarce Data: Examples from Nepal

Table 1

Results from chi square test of independence of attributes.

Sr. no.Variable 1Variable 2Chi square value

1Income groupPersonal saving17.9830.0005
2Worry about food during lockdown27.1540.02
3Eat limited variety of food20.80.093
4Eat food that you did not want to eat21.7050.076
5Eat fewer meals in a day53.201≤0.001
6No food to eat of any kind in house24.2500.009
7Increased food shortage36.0410.0015
8Increase financial insecurity in house25.8760.028
9Decreased income in my household24.4690.04
10I had fears of losing the job72.54≤0.001
11Depressed due to uncertainty created by COVID-1922.7170.0603
12Anxious due to uncertainty created by COVID-1924.7040.037
13News in media about COVID-19 increases my tension24.60.0385
14How have your stress and anxiety levels changed?25.2190.033