Table 5: Association between knowledge and demographic characteristics.
|
Demographic Characteristics |
Knowledge |
Statistic |
p-value |
|||
|
|
|
Good |
Poor |
Total |
|
|
|
Gender |
Male |
126(74.6) |
43(25.4) |
169 |
1.314 |
0.252 |
|
|
Female |
127(79.9) |
32(20.1) |
159 |
|
|
|
Age |
Less than 29 |
39(79.6) |
10(20.4) |
49 |
22.773 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
30-40 |
65(68.4) |
30(31.6) |
95 |
|
|
|
|
41-50 |
36(63.2) |
21(36.8) |
57 |
|
|
|
|
51-60 |
47(94.0) |
3(6.0) |
50 |
|
|
|
|
61 and above |
70(86.4) |
11(13.6) |
81 |
|
|
|
Residential area |
Urban |
133(75.1) |
44(24.9) |
177 |
1.116 |
0.291 |
|
|
Rural |
124(80.0) |
31(20.0) |
155 |
|
|
|
Marital status |
Single |
71(55.9) |
56(44.1) |
127 |
54.087 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Married |
176(90.3) |
19(9.7) |
195 |
|
|
|
|
Widowed |
8(100.0) |
0(0.0) |
8 |
|
|
|
Educational qualification |
No formal |
45(84.9) |
8(15.1) |
53 |
20.004 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Primary |
51(81.0) |
12(19.0) |
63 |
|
|
|
|
Secondary |
86(65.2) |
46(34.8) |
132 |
|
|
|
|
Tertiary |
74(89.2) |
9(10.8) |
83 |
|
|
|
Occupation |
Unemployed |
30(56.6) |
23(43.4) |
53 |
27.659 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Skilled labor |
76(93.8) |
5(6.2) |
81 |
|
|
|
|
Unskilled labor |
77(72.6) |
29(27.4) |
106 |
|
|
|
|
Government worker |
22(81.5) |
5(18.5) |
27 |
|
|
|
|
Private service |
26(78.8) |
7(21.2) |
33 |
|
|
|
|
Retired |
23(82.3) |
5(17.9) |
28 |
|
|
|
Religion |
Christianity |
245(87.8) |
34(12.4) |
279 |
134.200 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Islam |
11(57.9) |
8(42.3) |
19 |
|
|
|
|
African Tradition |
0(0.0) |
33(100.0) |
33 |
|
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