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Table 6 Sources of information on hypertension 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

1161

12.2

15.0

78.0

38.2

23.2

3.6

 

Sex

       

0.002

 Male

526

12.2

11.4

77.9

44.3

23.0

4.4

 

 Female

635

12.3

18.0

78.1

33.1

23.3

2.7

 

Age (years)

       

0.249

 20–29

100

13.0

19.0

79.0

34.0

20.0

3.0

 

 30–39

292

9.3

16.8

82.9

40.1

17.5

1.7

 

 40–49

262

11.5

14.5

76.3

40.5

25.2

3.1

 

 50–59

239

13.0

15.1

73.2

42.3

27.2

6.7

 

 60+

268

15.3

11.9

78.4

31.7

25.0

3.7

 

Education

       

<0.001

 None

590

11.2

14.2

78.8

39.2

16.1

2.9

 

 1–5 years

348

12.9

13.5

79.3

37.4

26.7

2.9

 

 6+ years

223

13.9

19.3

74.0

36.8

36.3

6.7

 

Wealth index

       

<0.001

 Lowest

230

9.1

13.9

80.9

47.4

10.0

0.9

 

 Second

229

10.0

12.7

83.4

39.7

16.2

3.9

 

 Middle

235

10.6

11.9

75.7

38.3

23.4

3.8

 

 Fourth

233

11.6

19.7

77.3

36.1

26.2

3.0

 

 Highest

234

19.7

16.7

73.1

29.5

39.7

6.4

 
  1. aMultiple responses were recorded