Table 2 Knowledge about agent of TB and its association with socio-economic and demographic factors
Which agent is responsible for TB disease? | |||||||
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Variables | Group | Bacteria, 359 (42.8 %) | Virus, 272 (32.4 %) | Other, 18 (2.1 %) | Don’t know, 190 (22.6 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 320(42.6 %) | 239(41.8 %) | 17(2.3 %) | 176(23.4 %) | 3.294 | 0.349 |
Hindu | 39(44.9 %) | 33(37.9 %) | 01(1.2 %) | 14(16.1 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 229(40.0 %) | 185(32.3 %) | 14(2.4 %) | 144(25.2 %) | 9.030 | 0.029 |
Female | 130(48.7 %) | 87(32.6 %) | 4(1.5 %) | 46(17.2 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 48(36.4 %) | 47(35.6 %) | 2(1.5 %) | 35(26.5 %) | 11.992 | 0.214 |
Primary | 53(38.7 %) | 42(30.7 %) | 4(2.9 %) | 38(27.7 %) | |||
Secondary | 79(39.5 %) | 68(34.0 %) | 5(2.5 %) | 48(24.0 %) | |||
Higher | 179(48.4 %) | 115(31.1 %) | 7(1.9 %) | 69(18.6 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 238(40.3 %)) | 201(34.0 %) | 15(2.5 %) | 137(23.2 %) | 6.213 | 0.102 |
Urban | 121(48.8 %) | 71(28.6 %) | 3(1.2 %) | 53(21.4 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 300(44.8 %) | 213(31.8 %) | 13(1.9 %) | 143(21.4 %) | 6.583 | 0.046 |
Joint Family | 59(34.7 %) | 59(34.7 %) | 5(2.9 %) | 47(27.6 %) | |||