Demographic Risk Factors

Higher education was linked to lower tobacco consumption and smoking risk. Single nurses had higher mean harassment scores than married nurses. Men were less likely than women to use smokeless tobacco. Urban residence was associated with lower use of smoked or smokeless tobacco than rural residence. Higher household wealth was linked with progressively lower smoking risk. The demographic group differences in harassment should not be interpreted as causal effects from regression models. Male sex was the strongest predictor of smoking in the analysis. Respondents aged 40-49 were much more likely to smoke than younger respondents. Age was strongly associated with COVID-19 severity. Harassment scores differed significantly by age, marital status, and work experience. Sex was not significantly associated with COVID-19 symptom severity in the analysed cohort. Patients older than 55 had higher odds of category 3 and category 5 disease than patients younger than 36. Marital status and pregnancy status were not significantly associated with severity. Younger and less experienced nurses reported higher harassment rates than older and more experienced nurses. Ethnicity was significantly asso…