Table 6.

Association between farm visit and the proportion of farmers who correctly answered questions about Taenia solium and who tethered their pigs based on all farmers involved in a research project in Western Kenya, 2006–2008

Question	Questionnaire*			Odds ratios [95% confidence intervals] P value
	1	2	3	1–2	1–3	2–3
Combined data from Kakamega and Busia (N = 296)
Have you heard of a disease in pigs where cysts are found in the pig's muscles?	41% (114/279)	59% (158/269)	66% (150/229)	NS	NS	NS
Do you know how pigs get the disease?	NA	32% (79/246)	44% (97/221)	NA	NA	NS
Do you tether your growing and adult pigs 100% of the time?	32% (89/277)	51% (124/245)	62% (128/205)	OR = 2.8 [1.6–4.8] P = 0.000	NS	OR = 2.7 [1.5–5.0] P = 0.001
Do you tether your growing and adult pigs more than 75% of the time?	60% (165/277)	71% (175/245)	76% (156/205)	OR = 3.5 [1.9–6.2] P = 0.000	NS	OR = 2.4 [1.2–4.8] P = 0.016
Data from Busia only (N = 157)
Have you heard about tapeworms in people?	NA	92% (135/146)	88% (114/129)	NA	NA	NS
Farmer was shown a picture of tapeworm segments. Have you ever seen these kinds of worms in someone's stool (feces)?	NA	51% (78/152)	52% (67/130)	NA	NA	NS
If you saw these worms in the stool of someone in your family, what do you think you should do?	NA	89% (130/146)	85% (106/124)	NA	NA	NS
How do you think people get infected with these tapeworms? (including only responses correct for the tapeworm)	NA	24% (36/148)	36% (45/124)	NA	NA	NS
How do you think people get infected with these tapeworms? (including responses correct for neurocysticercosis or epilepsy)	NA	50% (74/148)	60% (75/124)	NA	NA	OR = 3.7 [1.7–8.1] P = 0.001

^*Questionnaire 1 administered in Busia, June 2006 and in Kakamega, July 2007; Questionnaire 2 administered in Busia, Nov 2006 and in Kakamega, Dec 2007 and May 2008; Questionnaire 3 administered in Busia, Feb 2007 and in Kakamega, June and Oct 2008.

NA = not applicable, question not asked; NS = not significant.