Impact of social determinants on COVID-19 infections: a comprehensive study from Saudi Arabia governorates.

ABSTRACT: The last two years have been marked by the emergence of Coronavirus. The pandemic has spread in most countries, causing substantial changes all over the world. Many studies sought to analyze phenomena related to the pandemic from different perspectives. This study analyzes data from the governorates of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the KSA), proposing a broad analysis that addresses three different research objectives. The first is to identify the main factors affecting the variations between KSA governorates in the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections. The study uses principal component regression. Results highlight the significant positive effects of the number of schools in each governorate, and classroom density within each school on the number of infections in the KSA. The second a

SUBMITTER: Yaseen ASA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540145 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature