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Hello, my name is Alyssa Mae Ulgasan, and
I am delighted to present at the USF Undergraduate

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Research Conference along with my co-presenter
Sana Saeedah Baban.

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The title of my poster is "For Richer or Poorer
in Sickness and Health: Socioeconomic Status

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and its Effect on Students’ Attitudes and
Behavior During COVID-19"

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A previous study suggested that despite travel
restrictions becoming more lenient, people

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with higher socioeconomic status (SES) traveled
more frequently than those who identified

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with a lower SES. ¹  This study aimed to
examine difference among students with different

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SES backgrounds and their knowledge and behaviors
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Causal comparative

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approach was utilized; MANOVA was conducted
using SAS. The independent variable was SES;

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dependent variables include (1) agreement
with CDC guidelines (2) change in behavior

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in accordance with online COVID-19 information
(3) concern about Omicron (4) agreement that

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vaccine offers protection against Omicron
(5) knowledge of COVID-related death (6) willingness

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to share symptoms (7) willingness to isolate
if they tested positive (8) travel by plane

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(9) change in mental health. There were four
statistically significant findings: the proportion

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of (1) students (13%) who would conceal if
experiencing symptoms (p<0.03) (2) students

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(72%) concerned about Omicron (p<0.02) (3)
students (81%) willing to change behaviors

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based on online COVID-19 information (p<0.03)
(4) students (39%) who have traveled by plane

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(p<0.004). Results suggested lower class (LC)
and upper class (UC) students would conceal

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if they experienced symptoms, but UC students
worry the least about Omicron whereas lower

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middle class (LMC) students worry the most.
LC and LMC students would change their behavior

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based on online COVID-19 information. Contrary
to the aforementioned study, LC and LMC students

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traveled the same if not more than UC students.
These results implore for a call to action

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to bridge the gap among socioeconomic disparities
intertwined with healthcare disparities.

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This study focuses on understanding how SES
affects students’ behaviors in the setting

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of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data was acquired from a survey of 506

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University of South Florida (USF) students
from January to February 2022. Of the students

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that participated in the survey, 5.6% identify
as lower class, 11.5% identify as lower middle

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class, 41.9% identify as middle class, 34.4%
identify as upper middle class, 3.4% identify

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as upper class, and 3.4% do not know or choose
not to answer.

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A causal comparative approach was utilized.
A multi-variance analysis of variance was

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conducted using SAS 9.4 (Cary, NC)
The independent variable was SES

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The dependent variables include (1) agreement
with CDC guidelines (2) change in behavior

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in accordance with online COVID information
(3) worry about Omicron variant (4) agreement

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with vaccine offering protection against variant
(5) knowledge death from COVID (6) willingness

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to share symptoms (7) willingness to isolate
if tested positive (8) travel by plane (9)

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change in mental health
Featured is a bar graph showing overall means

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of each independent variable
Next we have a line graph showing proportion

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of students for each dependent variable with
regard to differing socioeconomic status

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There were four statistically significant
findings:

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the proportion of students (13%) who would
not share if they are experiencing COVID symptoms

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(p<0.03)
the proportion of students (72%) who worry

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about the Omicron variant (p<0.02)
the proportion of students (81%) who would

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change their behavior based on information
they receive online about COVID (p<0.03)

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the proportion of students (39%) who have
traveled by plane (p<0.004).

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Results suggest lower class (LC) and upper
class (UC) students would conceal if they

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are experiencing symptoms
UC students worry the least about the Omicron

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variant whereas lower middle class (LMC) students
worry the most

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Both LC and LMC students would change their
behavior based on online COVID information.

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Contrary to the aforementioned study, LC students
traveled the same if not more than UC students.

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Because the sample size was limited to USF
students, it is difficult to generalize the

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results for all university students globally
These results implore for a call to action

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from USF to bridge the gap between socioeconomic
disparities that are intertwined with healthcare

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disparities
USF should promote the reporting of COVID-related

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symptoms as well as new policies requiring
students to quarantine after travel

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Additionally, it is the university’s duty
to inform students of up-to-date COVID information

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Thank you for listening and if you have any
questions I would be happy to answer them

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in the email below