Table 5.
Association between respondent’s characteristics and Lassa fever knowledge
| |
Knowledge |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Appropriate | Not appropriate | χ 2 | P-value |
| Age: |
|
|
|
|
| < 40 years |
14 (21.9) |
50 (78.1) |
|
|
| ≥ 40 years |
51 (77.3) |
15 (22.7) |
0.907 |
1.000 |
| Gender: |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
31 (25.8) |
89 (74.2) |
|
|
| Female |
22 (75.9) |
7 (24.1) |
0.851 |
1.000 |
| Ethnicity: |
|
|
|
|
| Yoruba |
34 (24.6) |
104 (75.4) |
|
|
| Igbo |
3 (37.5) |
5 (62.5) |
|
|
| Other |
1 (33.3) |
2 (66.7) |
0.757 |
0.685 |
| Marital status: |
|
|
|
|
| Currently married |
34 (26.6) |
94 (73.4) |
|
|
| Currently not married |
4 (19.0) |
17 (81.0) |
0.414 |
0.594 |
| Years of graduation: |
|
|
|
|
| More than 20 years |
20 (26.7) |
55 (73.3) |
|
|
| 10–20 years |
16 (23.2) |
53 (76.8) |
0.865 |
0.471 |
| Less than 10 years |
|
|
|
|
| Years of residency: |
|
|
|
|
| ≤ 5 years |
6 (27.3) |
16 (72.7) |
|
|
| > 5 years |
5 (25.0) |
15 (75.0) |
0.867 |
1.000 |
| Primary health care |
|
|
|
|
| practice: Yes |
13 (20) |
52 (80) |
|
|
| No |
25 (29.8) |
59 (70.2) |
0.175 |
0.190 |
| Secondary health care |
|
|
|
|
| practice: Yes |
19 (19.8) |
77 (80.2) |
|
|
| No |
19 (35.8) |
34 (64.2) |
0.031 |
0.049 |
| Tertiary health care |
|
|
|
|
| practice: Yes |
23 (26.7) |
63 (73.3) |
|
|
| No | 15 (23.8) | 48 (76.2) | 0.685 | 0.708 |