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Table 2 Determining of statistically significant differences between refugees and citizens based on their sociodemographic characteristics (n = 992)

From: Experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 infection and vaccination among Palestinian refugees in Jerash camp and Jordanian citizens: a comparative cross-sectional study by face-to-face interviews

Variable

Refugee (%)

(n = 501)

Citizen (%)

(n = 491)

Chi–square (DF)

P–value

Educational level

 High school and below

385 (86.3)

61 (13.7)

419.62 (2)

< 0.001*

 Undergraduate

109 (22.8)

369 (77.2)

 Postgraduate

7 (10.3)

61 (89.7)

Health insurance

 No

398 (78.8)

107 (21.2)

329.76 (1)

< 0.001*

 Yes

103 (21.1)

384 (78.9)

Job status

 No

300 (51.2)

286 (48.8)

0.27 (1)

0.601

 Yes

201 (49.5)

205 (50.5)

Smoking status

 No

273 (43.6)

353 (56.4)

32.26 (1)

< 0.001*

 Yes

228 (62.3)

138 (37.7)

Food and/or drug allergies

 No

448 (51.6)

421 (48.4)

3.09 (1)

0.079

 Yes

53 (43.1)

70 (56.9)

  1. Smoking includes all forms of smoking, such as cigar smoking, cigarette smoking, and pipe smoking
  2. DF Degrees of freedom
  3. *Statistically significant