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Table 5 Sources of information on diabetes by socio- demographic characteristicsa

From: Health literacy in a community with low levels of education: findings from Chakaria, a rural area of Bangladesh

Socio-demographic characteristics

No. of respondents

Family

Relatives

Neighbour

Drug seller/Village Doctor

MBBS doctor

Others

P-value

All

1185

9.8

27.9

85.7

18.5

20.4

5.6

 

Sex

       

<0.001

 Male

536

7.5

21.8

86.4

23.0

20.9

8.4

 

 Female

649

11.7

32.8

85.2

14.8

20.0

3.2

 

Age (years)

       

0.143

 20–29

102

10.8

34.3

85.3

19.6

15.7

3.9

 

 30–39

301

7.0

29.2

87.7

19.9

17.3

7.3

 

 40–49

268

8.2

28.0

86.6

18.7

18.3

3.4

 

 50–59

242

7.4

26.3

87.2

21.5

26.4

6.6

 

 60+

272

16.2

25.4

81.6

13.6

22.4

5.5

 

Education

       

<0.001

 None

605

8.6

24.6

87.9

17.8

14.7

4.0

 

 1–5 years

353

9.6

27.8

87.0

17.3

23.8

3.7

 

 6+ years

227

13.2

36.6

78.0

22.0

30.4

12.9

 

Wealth index

       

<0.001

 Lowest

232

3.5

22.4

91.4

23.3

12.5

4.3

 

 Second

233

4.7

22.7

94.0

10.2

11.6

5.6

 

 Middle

239

6.3

27.2

85.4

15.5

20.1

5.4

 

 Fourth

239

13.0

31.8

81.6

20.1

23.0

5.4

 

 Highest

242

21.1

34.7

76.9

13.6

34.3

7.0

 
  1. aMultiple responses were recorded