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Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics of the surveyed respondents

From: Injection practice in Kaski district, Western Nepal: a community perspective

Characteristics

Urban population n = 1196 (%)

Rural population n = 1274 (%)

Total population n = 2470 (%)

*Chi-square (p) value

Gender

Female

632 (52.84)

658 (51.65)

1290 (52.23)

0.353 (>0.05)

Male

564 (47.14)

616 (48.35)

1180 (47.77)

Age in years

<1

3 (0.25)

10 (0.78)

13 (0.53)

20.935 (<0.001)

1 to 4

50 (4.18)

61 (4.79)

111 (4.49)

5 to14

214 (17.89)

222 (17.43)

436 (17.65)

15 to 60

849 (70.99)

837 (65.70)

1686 (68.26)

>60

80 (6.69)

144 (11.30)

224 (9.07)

Literacy

Illiterate

86 (7.19)

179 (14.05)

265 (10.73)

41.922 (<0.001)

Literate

1090 (91.14)

1048 (82.26)

2138 (86.56)

Not applicable**

20 (1.67)

47 (3.69)

67 (2.71)

Education

Primary

186 (15.55)

257 (20.17)

443 (23.46)

114.750 (<0.001)

Secondary

353 (29.52)

405 (31.79)

758 (40.15)

Higher secondary

170 (14.21)

109 (8.56)

279 (14.78)

Graduation

218 (18.23)

91 (7.14)

309 (16.37)

Post-graduation

82 (6.86)

17 (1.33)

99 (5.24)

Occupation

Farming

68 (6.00)

305 (25.50)

373 (16.01)

271.983 (<0.001)

Student

470 (41.45)

462 (38.63)

932 (40.00)

Housewife/ unemployed

190 (16.75)

235 (19.65)

425 (18.24)

Business

166 (14.64)

57 (4.77)

223 (9.57)

Private employee

124 (10.93)

48 (4.01)

172 (7.38)

Government employee

81 (7.14)

29 (2.42)

110 (4.72)

Others

35 (3.09)

60 (5.02)

95 (4.08)

  1. *Chi-square & p values (two-sided) were calculated by Pearson chi-square test, **Children of age less than or equal to three years are not sent to school so literacy was not applicable to them.