Information perception of Covid-19 among working age people in Bangkok Metropolitan
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Information perception, Covid-19, Working age peopleAbstract
This article presents information perception from COVID-19 outbreak of working age people in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The objectives of this research are as follows: (1) to study the perception of information about COVID-19 and (2) to compare the information about and perception of COVID-19 as classified by gender, age, and education level. By using quantitative research methods, the sample group in this research consisted of 421 working age people in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by calculating the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The hypothesis was tested with t-test and one-way ANOVA statistics. The results showed that overall information perception was at a high level (x̄ = 4.14). When considering each part, it was found that all aspects of information perception were at a high level, including information retention (x̄ = 4.28), following by information understanding and interpretation (x̄ = 4.18), and information exposure (x̄ = 4.00) respectively. The anlysis of the hypothesis revealed that education level significantly impacted information perception of COVID-19 at a .05 level of significance. However, gender and age group did not significatly affect overall information perception of COVID-19.
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