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Table 5 Knowledge about DOTs program 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 DOTs Program?

  

Variables

Group

Yes, 767 (91.4 %)

No, 72 (8.6 %)

χ2-value

P-value

Religion

Muslim

206(27.4 %)

546(72.6 %)

4.250

0.039

Hindu

33(37.9 %)

54(62.1 %)

Gender

Male

177(30.9 %)

395(69.1 %)

5.330

0.021

Female

62(23.2 %)

205(76.8 %)

Parents’ education

No Education

40(30.3 %)

92(69.7 %)

0.354

0.950

Primary

38(27.7 %)

99(72.3 %)

Secondary

58(29.0 %)

142(71.0 %)

Higher

103(27.8 %)

267(72.2 %)

Residence

Rural

177(29.9 %)

414(70.1 %)

2.101

0.147

Urban

62(25.0 %)

186(75.0 %)

Type of family

Single Family

202(30.2 %)

467(69.8 %)

4.728

0.030

Joint Family

37(21.8 %)

133(78.2 %)