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Table 3 Percentage of respondents classified by place of residence according to selected demographic characteristics

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

Characteristics

Urban, frequency (%), n = 354

Rural, frequency (%), n = 360

Total (%), n = 714

*Chi-square (p) value

Gender

Male

213 (60.17)

206 (57.22)

419 (58.68)

0.639 (0.424)

Female

141 (39.84)

154 (42.78)

295 (41.32)

No. of respondents who received injections in last 3 months**.

92 (25.99)

119 (33.06)

211 (29.55)

4.282 (0.039)

Literacy

Literate

324 (91.53)

294 (81.67)

618 (86.55)

14.907 (<0.001)

Illiterate

30 (8.47)

66 (18.33)

96 (13.45)

Education#

Primary

7 (2.43)

50 (23.36)

57 (11.35)

92.714 (<0.001)

Secondary

108 (37.50)

110 (51.40)

218 (43.43)

Higher secondary

62 (21.53)

28 (13.08)

90 (17.93)

Graduation

66 (22.91)

22 (10.28)

88 (17.53)

Post-graduation

45 (15.63)

4 (1.87)

49 (9.76)

Occupation

Farming

28 (8.14)

166 (47.16)

194 (27.87)

177.276 (<0.001)

Student

26 (7.56)

12 (3.41)

38 (5.46)

Housewife/unemployed

65 (18.89)

70 (19.89)

135 (19.40)

Business

96 (27.91)

41 (11.65)

137 (19.68)

Private employee

54 (15.70)

13 (3.69)

67 (9.63)

Government employee

52 (15.12)

13 (3.69)

65 (9.34)

Others

23 (6.68)

37 (10.51)

60 (8.62)

  1. *Chi-square and p value (two-sided) were calculated by Pearson chi-square test comparing urban and rural frequencies; **The injection receivers were of age ≥ 15 years; # The percentage was adjusted as per the number of literate in the respective groups.