| Socio-demographic variables | Knowledge (%) | Statistical Indices | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Average | Poor | |||
Gender | Male | 27 (66) | 86 (41) | 21 (32) | χ2=12.505 |
Female | 14 (34) | 125 (59) | 45 (68) | df = 2 | |
PÂ =Â 0.002 | |||||
Age | 30-39 | 13 (32) | 27 (13) | 5 (8) | χ2=4.792 |
40-49 | 14 (34) | 56 (27) | 15 (23) | df = 6 | |
50-59 | 8 (20) | 67 (32) | 19 (29) | PÂ =Â 0.571 | |
≥60 | 6 (15) | 61 (29) | 27 (41) | ||
Education | No formal education | 2 (5) | 17 (8) | 19 (29) | χ2=49.007 |
Primary | 7 (17) | 71 (34) | 25 (38) | df = 6 | |
Secondary | 11 (27) | 82 (39) | 15 (23) | PÂ <Â 0.0001 | |
College & above | 21 (51) | 41 (19) | 7 (11) | ||
Occupation | Service | 10 (19) | 38 (70) | 6 (11) | χ2=25.312 |
Business | 8 (25) | 19 (59) | 5 (16) | df = 12 | |
Laborer | 0 (0) | 6 (86) | 1 (14) | PÂ =Â 0.013 | |
Farming | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | ||
Housewife | 43 (24) | 120 (68) | 13 (7) | ||
Retired | 10 (24) | 24 (59) | 7 (17) | ||
Others | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
Family Income | < 10,000 BDT | 0 (0) | 10 (5) | 16 (24) | χ2=40.712 |
10,000-29,999 BDT | 16 (39) | 95 (45) | 28 (42) | df = 8 | |
30,000-59,000 BDT | 12 (29) | 76 (36) | 15 (23) | PÂ <Â 0.0001 | |
60,000-89,000 BDT | 8 (20) | 13 (6) | 3 (5) | ||
≥ 90,000 BDT | 5 (12) | 17 (8) | 4 (6) | ||
Residence | Urban | 32 (78) | 157 (74) | 45 (68) | χ2=4.613 |
Rural | 4 (10) | 22 (10) | 13 (20) | df = 4 | |
Semi-urban | 5 (12) | 32 (15) | 8 (12) | PÂ =Â .329 |