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 |
|
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