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Table 2 Association between anxiety problem and participants’ characteristics

From: Neuroticism, resilience, and social support: correlates of severe anxiety among hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and Botswana

Variables

Anxiety problem

X2

p-value

None-mild (%)

Severe (%)

Gender

 Male

108 (85.0)

19 (15.0)

0.32

0.57

 Female

204 (87.2)

30 (12.8)

  

Country

 Nigeria

204 (83.6)

40 (16.4)

5.22

0.02*

 Botswana

109 (92.4)

9 (7.6)

  

Marital status

 Married

205 (84.4)

38 (15.6)

2.79

0.10

 Others

108 (90.8)

11 (9.2)

  

Educational status**

 Sec & below

18 (81.8)

4 (18.2)

0.40

0.52

 Ter & above

291 (86.6)

45 (13.4)

  

Religion

 Christianity

281 (87.8)

39 (12.2)

5.34

0.02*

 Others

29 (74.4)

10 (25.6)

  

Profession

 Doctor

34 (85.0)

6 (15.0)

4.56

0.10

 Nurse

189 (89.6)

22 (10.4)

  

 Others

90 (81.1)

21 (18.9)

  
  1. *significant p-value ** Fisher’s exact test