Double burden of COVID-19 knowledge deficit: low health literacy and high information avoidance

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Table 2 Participants’ demographic characteristics and COVID-19 perceptions (N = 561)

Demographics	n	%
Sex
Male	203	36.19
Female	358	63.81
Race/ethnicity
White	377	67.20
Hispanic/Latino	45	8.02
Black or African American	37	6.60
American Indian or Alaska Native	34	6.06
Asian	52	9.27
Other	16	2.85
Academic level
Freshman	68	12.21
Sophomore	87	15.51
Junior	87	15.51
Senior	118	21.03
Master’s student	105	18.72
PhD student	56	9.98
Professional student (e.g., attending law school or medical school)	36	6.42
Missing	4	0.71
Perceived risk of getting COVID-19
Extremely unlikely	41	7.31
Somewhat unlikely	109	19.41
Neither likely nor unlikely	129	22.99
Somewhat likely	215	38.32
Extremely likely	67	11.94
Worried about getting COVID-19
Not at all	98	17.47
Slightly	143	25.49
Somewhat	134	23.89
Moderately	127	22.64
Extremely	59	10.52

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