Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics and typhoid fever knowledge of survey respondents and households, Dzivaresekwa and Kuwadzana suburbs, Harare, Zimbabwe, March 2012*
| Kuwadzana | Dzivaresekwa | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | |
| Sex | 226 | 231 | 457 | |||
| Female | 192 (85) | 198 (86) | 390 (85) | |||
| Age in years | ||||||
| Median age (range) | 32 (16–85) | 31 (16–70) | 31 (16–85) | |||
| Highest level of education | 227 | 231 | 458 | |||
| None | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 10 (2) | |||
| Primary | 34 (15) | 40 (17) | 74 (16) | |||
| Secondary | 166 (73) | 174 (75) | 340 (74) | |||
| More than secondary | 22 (10) | 12 (5) | 34 (7) | |||
| Religion | 214 | 229 | 443 | |||
| Pentecostal | 87 (41) | 101 (44) | 188 (42) | |||
| Protestant | 48 (22) | 54 (24) | 102 (23) | |||
| Apostolic Sector | 44 (21) | 30 (13) | 74 (17) | |||
| Other | 35 (16) | 44 (19) | 79 (18) | |||
| Household ownership of communication devices | ||||||
| Radio | 227 | 109 (48) | 229 | 109 (48) | 456 | 218 (48) |
| Television | 227 | 185 (82) | 230 | 188 (82) | 457 | 373 (82) |
| Mobile telephone | 227 | 207 (91) | 230 | 218 (95) | 457 | 425 (93) |
| Household monthly income (2012 US$)† | 129 | 121 | 250 | |||
| Median | 250 | 200 | 225 | |||
| Range | 0–2,000 | 0–2,000 | 0–2,000 | |||
| Have heard of typhoid fever | 227 | 225 (99) | 231 | 229 (99) | 458 | 454 (99) |
| Beliefs about cause of typhoid | 207 | 205 | 412 | |||
| Drinking contaminated water | 154 (74) | 163 (80) | 317 (77) | |||
| Eating contaminated food | 104 (50) | 122 (60) | 226 (55) | |||
| Poor hand hygiene | 104 (50) | 88 (43) | 192 (47) | |||
| Spirits/curse | 1 (< 1) | 1 (< 1) | 2 (< 1) | |||
| Typhoid fever treatment | 221 | 228 | 449 | |||
| Go to clinic/hospital | 216 (98) | 225 (99) | 441 (98) | |||
| Home remedy | 82 (37) | 76 (33) | 158 (35) | |||
| Go to traditional/herbal/faith healer | 2 (1) | 1 (< 1) | 3 (1) | |||
*
Percentages may not sum to 100% because of rounding.
†
US$ is a legal currency in Zimbabwe.