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Table 3 Knowledge about the TB as curable disease and its association with socio-economic and demographic factors

From: Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

  

Do you think about TB as curable disease?

  

Variables

Group

Yes 819 (97.6 %)

No 20 (2.4 %)

χ2-value

p-value

Religion

Muslim

733(97.5 %)

19(2.5 %)

0.636

0.425

Hindu

86(98.9 %)

01(1.1 %)

Gender

Male

553(96.7 %)

19(3.3 %)

6.795

0.009

Female

266(99.6 %)

01(.4 %)

Parents’ education

No Education

124(93.9 %)

08(6.1 %)

13.176

0.004

Primary

135(98.5 %)

02(1.5 %)

Secondary

193(96.5 %)

07(3.5 %)

Higher

367(99.2 %)

03(.8 %)

Residence

Rural

578(97.8 %)

13(2.2 %)

0.291

0.589

Urban

241(97.2 %)

07(2.8 %)

Type of family

Single Family

653(97.6 %)

16(2.4 %)

0.001

0.976

Joint Family

166(97.6 %)

4(2.4)