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Table 5:

Association between perception and selected respondents’ characteristics (N= 401)

Perception of Susceptibility
Respondent variables		Mean	SD	Mean ranking	P-value
Respondent variables
State	Jigawa	4.01	1.69	200.66	0.769^*
	Lagos	4.04	2.39	205.38
	Oyo	3.80	2.57	196.32
Highest Level of Education	Primary or less	3.24	2.15	165.69	0.001^*^α
	Secondary	3.42	2.28	175.40
	Tertiary/further	4.41	2.36	224.62
Respondent religion	Christianity	4.07	2.46	206.64	0.126^**
Respondent religion	Islam	3.75	2.21	188.77	0.126^**
Gender	Female	3.74	2.43	191.56	0.006^**
Gender	Male	4.48	2.08	226.92	0.006^**
Occupation	Farmer	3.65	1.53	180.18	0.009^*^v
	Unskilled manual labour	6.00	0.00	307.50
	Skilled manual labour	3.32	2.54	171.52
	Business owner	3.77	2.42	191.59
	Professional	4.43	2.20	225.08
	Not working	4.41	2.29	224.18
Perception of Severity
Respondent variables		Mean	±SD	Mean ranking	P-value
State	Jigawa	5.04	1.12	245.97	0.002^*^β
	Lagos	4.12	1.97	194.01
	Oyo	4.01	2.13	191.08
Highest Level of Education	Primary or less	4.29	2.07	213.77	0.198^**
	Secondary	3.85	2.19	186.49
	Tertiary/further	4.41	1.76	205.74
Respondent religion	Christianity	4.09	2.01	191.21	0.067^**
Respondent religion	Islam	4.44	1.85	211.95	0.067^**
Gender	Female	4.05	2.03	190.25	0.001^**
Gender	Male	4.69	1.67	230.53	0.001^**
Occupation	Farmer	4.95	1.50	246.57	0.010^*
	Unskilled manual labour	6.00	0.00	344.50
	Skilled manual labour	3.75	2.11	173.66
	Business owner	3.97	2.15	190.50
	Professional	4.48	1.71	210.38
	Not working	4.68	1.62	223.64
Perception of benefits of adherence to mpox preventive and control strategies
Respondent variables		Mean	±SD	Mean ranking	P-value
State	Jigawa	1.90	0.34	212.69	0.251^*
	Lagos	1.75	0.59	196.05
	Oyo	1.80	0.53	201.86
Highest Level of Education	Primary or less	1.77	0.53	194.27	0.577^*
	Secondary	1.78	0.54	198.80
	Tertiary/further	1.81	0.53	204.00
Respondent religion	Christianity	1.78	0.56	198.00	0.593^**
Respondent religion	Islam	1.82	0.49	201.74	0.593^**
Gender	Female	1.77	0.56	198.55	0.237^**
Gender	Male	1.85	0.44	207.71	0.237^**
Occupation	Farmer	1.90	0.31	208.30	0.557^*
	Unskilled manual labour	2.00	0.00	227.00
	Skilled manual labour	1.76	0.58	195.50
	Business owner	1.75	0.59	193.46
	Professional	1.86	0.45	207.96
	Not working	1.83	0.53	206.69
Perception of self-efficacy towards mpox preventive and control strategies
Respondent variables		Mean	±SD	Mean ranking	P-value
State	Jigawa	2.44	0.81	293.96	<0.001^*^ε
	Lagos	1.71	0.87	209.89
	Oyo	1.22	0.93	154.84
Highest Level of Education	Primary or less	2.22	1.15	271.47	<0.001^*^ε
	Secondary	1.60	1.05	198.59
	Tertiary/further	1.49	0.82	183.76
Respondent religion	Christianity	1.46	0.91	179.45	<0.001^**
Respondent religion	Islam	1.89	1.01	229.63	<0.001^**
Gender	Female	1.55	0.99	192.45	0.011^**
Gender	Male	1.85	0.90	224.48	0.011^**
Occupation	Farmer	2.50	0.69	299.75	<0.001^*ⁿ
	Unskilled manual labour	3.00	0.00	357.50
	Skilled manual labour	1.37	1.05	171.96
	Business owner	1.74	1.00	213.40
	Professional	1.52	0.83	187.63
	Not working	1.63	0.94	248.41
Perception of self-efficacy towards mpox preventive and control strategies
Respondent variables		Mean	±SD	Mean ranking	P-value
State	Jigawa	1.98	0.12	238.52	<0.001^*^β
	Lagos	1.63	0.66	187.59
	Oyo	1.74	0.53	201.05
Highest Level of Education	Primary or less	1.87	0.37	221.40	0.103^*
	Secondary	1.69	0.58	194.65
	Tertiary/further	1.71	0.60	199.16
Respondent religion	Christianity	1.65	0.62	187.90	<0.001^**
Respondent religion	Islam	1.84	0.45	216.93	<0.001^**
Gender	Female	1.71	0.58	197.29	0.129^**
Gender	Male	1.79	0.52	211.19	0.129^**
Occupation	Farmer	1.95	0.22	231.65	0.394^*
	Unskilled manual labour	2.00	0.00	241.00
	Skilled manual labour	1.68	0.61	193.69
	Business owner	1.69	0.61	194.37
	Professional	1.74	0.57	202.61
	Not working	1.78	0.50	207.68

Kruskal-Wallis H test

^**

Mann-Whitney U test

^α

pairwise comparison using Dunn’s test showed that Tertiary education is significant different from Primary education (p=<0.001) and Secondary education (p=<0.001)

^β

pairwise comparison using Dunn’s test showed that Jigawa state is significant different from Oyo state (p=0.001) and Lagos state (p=0.002)

^ε

pairwise comparison using Dunn’s test showed that Jigawa state is significant different from Oyo state (p=<0.001) and Lagos state (p=<0.001)

pairwise comparison using Dunn’s test showed that Skilled manual labour is significant different from Professional/TBA (p=0.012) and Not working (p=0.029).

ⁿ

pairwise comparison using Dunn’s test showed that Farming is significantly different from Skilled manual labour (p=<0.001), Business owner (p=0.009), Professional/TBA (p==<0.001) and Not working (p=0.003).