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Table 4 Knowledge about latent TB and its association with socio-economic and demographic factors

From: Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

  

Do you know about latent TB?

  

Variables

Group

Yes, 115 (13.7 %)

No, 724 (86.3 %)

χ2-value

p-value

Religion

Muslim

103(13.7 %)

649(86.3 %)

0.001

0.980

Hindu

12(13.79 %)

75(86.21 %)

Gender

Male

88(15.4 %)

484(84.6 %)

4.28

0.039

Female

27(10.1 %)

240(89.9 %)

Parents’ education

No Education

15(11.4 %)

117(88.6 %)

2.41

0.492

Primary

16(11.7 %)

121(88.3 %)

Secondary

33(16.5 %)

167(83.5 %)

Higher

51(13.8 %)

319(86.2 %)

Residence

Rural

83(14.0 %)

508(86.0 %)

.192

0.661

Urban

32(12.9 %)

216(87.1 %)

Type of family

Single Family

94(14.1 %)

575(85.9 %)

0.330

0.565

Joint Family

21(12.4 %)

149(87.6 %)