Table 7: Association between Attitude and demographic characteristics.

Demographic Characteristics

Attitude

Statistic

p-value

 

 

Positive

Negative

Total

 

 

Gender

Male

129(76.3)

40(23.7)

169

0.033

0.856

 

Female

120(75.5)

39(24.5)

159

 

 

Age

Less than 29

40(81.6)

9(18.4)

49

30.065

< 0.001

 

30-40

62(65.3)

33(34.7)

95

 

 

 

41-50

33(57.9)

24(42.3)

57

 

 

 

51-60

46(92.0)

4(8.0)

50

 

 

 

61 and above

71(87.7)

10(12.3)

81

 

 

Residential area

Urban

133(75.1)

44(24.9)

177

0.120

0.729

 

Rural

119(76.8)

36(23.2)

155

 

 

Marital status

Single

70(55.1)

57(44.9)

127

48.469

< 0.001

 

Married

172(88.2)

23(11.8)

195

 

 

 

Widowed

8(100.0)

0(0.0)

8

 

 

Educational qualification

No formal

41(77.4)

12(22.6)

53

18.432

< 0.001

 

Primary

51(81.0)

12(19.0)

63

 

 

 

Secondary

85(64.4)

47(35.6)

132

 

 

 

Tertiary

74(89.2)

9(10.8)

83

 

 

Occupation

Unemployed

29(54.7)

24(45.3)

53

30.640

< 0.001

 

Skilled labor

76(93.8)

5(6.2)

81

 

 

 

Unskilled labor

74(69.8)

32(30.2)

106

 

 

 

Government worker

20(74.1)

7(25.9)

27

 

 

 

Private service

25(75.8)

8(24.2)

33

 

 

 

Retired

24(85.7)

4(14.3)

28

 

 

Religion

Christianity

241(86.4)

38(13.6)

279

126.058

< 0.001

 

Islam

10(52.6)

9(47.4)

19

 

 

 

African Tradition

0(0.0)

33(100.0)

33