Table 3 Schistosomiasis related awareness and associated factors
Background characteristics | Aware of schistosomiasis | P-value | Aware of schistosomiasis MDA | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes Number (%) | No Number (%) | Yes Number (%) | No Number (%) | ||||
Sex | Male | 34(17.1) | 165(82.9) | 0.008 | 50(25.1) | 149(74.9) | 0.611 |
Female | 14(7.9) | 163(92.1) | 59(33.3) | 118(66.7) | |||
Age group | 12–19 | 27(56.3) | 173(52.7) | 0.665 | 97(48.5) | 103(51.5) | < 0.001 |
20–27 | 12(10.5) | 102(89.5) | 10(8.8) | 104(91.2) | |||
28–35 | 8(14.3) | 48(85.7) | 2(3.6) | 54(96.4) | |||
36+ | 1(16.7) | 5(83.3) | 0 | 6(100) | |||
Villages | Chessega | 25(20.8) | 95(79.2) | 0.006 | 27(22.5) | 93(77.5) | < 0.001 |
Metti | 16(9.5) | 153(90.5) | 82(48.5) | 87(51.5) | |||
Shimala | 7(8.0) | 80(92.0) | 0 | 87(100) | |||
Educational status | Primary | 28(12.6) | 194(87.4) | 0.030 | 104(46.8) | 118(53.2) | < 0.001 |
Secondary | 11(19.0) | 47(81.0) | 2(3.4) | 56(96.4) | |||
Collage+ | 7(20.6) | 27(79.4) | 2(5.9) | 32(94.1) | |||
Not educated | 2(3.2) | 60(96.8) | 1(1.6) | 61(98.4) | |||
Occupation | Farmer | 8(7.8) | 95(92.2) | 0.245 | 3(2.9) | 100(97.1) | < 0.001 |
Student | 31(13.8) | 194(86.2) | 104(46.2) | 121(53.8) | |||
Employee | 8(21.1) | 30(78.9) | 2(5.3) | 36(94.7) | |||
Merchant | 1(10.0) | 9(90.0) | 0 | 10(100) | |||