Table 3 Association of awareness of schistosomiasis with some demographic factors
Factors | Awareness | Total | Statistical Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |||
Gender | ||||
Male | 158 (94.0) | 7 (6.0) | 168 (100) | p = 0.060 |
Female | 268 (90.2) | 29 (9.8) | 297 (100) | |
Age | ||||
17–30 | 144 (86.7) | 22 (13.3) | 166 (100) | p = 0.011 |
31–40 | 123 (97.6) | 3 (2.4) | 126 (100) | |
41–50 | 53 (88.3) | 7 (11.7) | 60 (100) | |
51–60 | 46 (94) | 3 (6) | 49 (100) | |
61–70 | 37 (93.9) | 2 (6.1) | 40 (100) | |
71–80 | 18 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100) | |
81–90 | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 6 (100) | |
Education | ||||
Not Educated | 30 (88.2) | 4 (11.8) | 34 (100) | p = 0.046 |
Primary | 304 (97.7) | 7 (2.3) | 311 (100) | |
Secondary | 107 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 107 (100) | |
Post Secondary | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 11 (100) | |
Marital Status | ||||
Married | 344 (92.7) | 27 (7.3) | 371 (100) | p = 0.071 |
Single | 39 (86.7) | 5 (13.3) | 45 (100) | |
Divorced | 19 (82.6) | 4 (17.4) | 23 (100) | |
Widow | 20 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (100) | |
Widower | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 6 (100) | |