Leptospirosis and its prevention: knowledge, attitude and practice of urban community in Selangor, Malaysia

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Association between socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge on leptospirosis

Variable	Knowledge Level:		p-value	Prevalence Ratio	95% CI
Variable	Poor (%)	Good (%)			Lower	Upper
Age**
< 32 years old	133 (74.7)	45 (25.3)	0.004^a*	2.037	1.221	3.398
≥ 32 years old	120 (87.6)	17 (12.4)
Gender
Male	128 (79.5)	33 (20.5)	0.710^a	1.088	0.696	1.702
Female	125 (81.2)	29 (18.8)
Ethnicity
Bumiputra	207 (78.4)	57 (21.6)	0.053^a	2.202	0.929	5.223
Non-Bumiputra	46 (90.2)	5 (9.8)
Education Level
Low education	164 (77.7)	47 (22.3)	0.099^a	0.648	0.380	1.102
High education	89 (85.6)	15 (14.4)
Monthly income (MYR)^†
Low income	115 (79.9)	29 (20.1)	0.852^a	1.044	0.667	1.632
High income	138 (80.7)	33 (19.3)

^a Chi square test; *Significant by chi-square test at p < 0.05; **Significant by logistic regression for age (AOR 2.388; 95% CI = 1.298, 4.396; p = 0.005); ^† Malaysian Ringgit

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