Table 3.
Knowledge and practices about mosquito species, their control, and associated diseases by demographic variables (n= 639), Multan District of Punjab Pakistan, 2020
| Characteristics | Category | N (%) | Knowledge score | Practices Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| (Mean ± SD) (0–9) | P value | (Mean ± SD) (2–9) | P value | |||
| Gender | Male | 322 (50.4) | 6.87±1.32 | 0.073a | 7.661±1.44 | <0.001a |
| Female | 317 (49.6) | 7.05±1.22 | 6.39±1.56 | |||
| Age (Years) | 18–30 | 416 (65.1) | 6.9±1.23 | 0.460b | 7.08±1.57 | 0.090b |
| 31–50 | 223 (34.9) | 7.01±1.28 | 6.85±1.69 | |||
| > 50 | 0 (0) | |||||
| Education | Middle | 178 (27.8) | 6.75±1.40 | 0.003b | 6.98±1.80 | 0.752b |
| Matric | 255 (40) | 6.89±1.23 | 7.03±1.59 | |||
| Intermediate | 123 (19.2) | 7.21±1.18 | 7.10±1.49 | |||
| Bachelor | 67 (10.5) | 7.31±0.93 | 6.77±1.44 | |||
| Masters | 16 (2.5) | 6.88±1.97 | 7.00±1.54 | |||
| Job Category | Permanent | 163 (25.5) | 7.04±1.37 | 0.316b | 7.45±1.52 | <0.001b |
| Non-Permanent | 476(74.5) | 6.93±1.25 | 6.85±1.62 | |||
| Years Working | < 2 | 54 (8.5) | 6.60±1.71 | 0.067b | 6.42±1.40 | <0.001b |
| 2–5 | 455 (71.2) | 7.02±1.17 | 6.91±1.62 | |||
| 5–10 | 130 (20.3) | 6.93±1.40 | 7.56±1.54 | |||
| > 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
a- Independent t-test
b- one way ANOVA test
*P< 0.05 are considered significant