Table 3: Association between socio-demographic variables and level of knowledge about leptospirosis and other rodent-borne diseases.
|
Variable |
Knowledge |
Chi-square |
P-value |
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|
No |
Low |
High |
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|
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|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
|
|
Age |
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|
18-34 |
12 |
33.3 |
21 |
51.2 |
1 |
33.3 |
4.96 |
0.549 |
|
35-49 |
19 |
52.8 |
16 |
39.0 |
2 |
66.7 |
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|
50+ |
5 |
13.9 |
4 |
9.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
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|
Gender |
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|
Female |
12 |
33.3 |
10 |
24.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
1.951 |
0.377 |
|
Male |
24 |
66.7 |
31 |
75.6 |
3 |
100.0 |
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|
Level of education |
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|
None |
10 |
27.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
15.917 |
0.003 |
|
Primary |
24 |
66.7 |
36 |
87.8 |
2 |
66.7 |
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|
Secondary |
2 |
5.6 |
5 |
12.2 |
1 |
33.3 |
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|
What type of house do you live in? |
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|
Bricked grass thatched |
4 |
11.0 |
3 |
7.3 |
3 |
100.0 |
49.582 |
0.000 |
|
Bricked iron-roofed |
11 |
30.6 |
32 |
78.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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|
Mud grass thatched |
20 |
55.6 |
6 |
14.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
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|
Mud iron-roofed house |
1 |
2.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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|
Occupation |
|
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|
Farmer |
36 |
100.0 |
38 |
92.7 |
3 |
100.0 |
2.965 |
0.227 |
|
Self-employment |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
7.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
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