Table 1 Knowledge about type of TB disease and its association with socio-economic and demographic factors
Is TB communicable disease? | ||||||
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Variables | Group | Yes, 432 (51.5 %) | No, 283 (33.7 %) | No idea, 124 (14.8 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 383 (50.9 %) | 255 (33.9 %) | 114 (15.2 %) | 1.218 | 0.544 |
Hindu | 49 (56.32 %) | 28(33.7 %) | 10(12.0 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 307 (53.7 %) | 178 (31.1 %) | 87 (15.2 %) | 5.52 | 0.043 |
Female | 125 (46.8 %) | 105 (39.3 %) | 37 (13.9 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 71(53.8 %) | 38(28.8 %) | 23(17.4 %) | 7.25 | 0.298 |
Primary | 69(50.4 %) | 45(32.8 %) | 23(16.8 %) | |||
Secondary | 105(52.5 %) | 61(30.5 %) | 34(17.0 %) | |||
Higher | 187(50.5 %) | 139(37.6 %) | 44(11.9 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 314(53.1 %) | 182(30.8 %) | 95(16.1 %) | 8.42 | 0.015 |
Urban | 118(47.6 %) | 101(40.7 %) | 29(11.7 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 349(52.2 %) | 231(34.5 %) | 89(13.3 %) | 5.79 | 0.045 |
Joint Family | 83(48.8 %) | 52(30.6 %) | 35(20.6 %) | |||