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. 2015 Jun 30;4:30. doi: 10.1186/s40249-015-0061-1

Table 9.

Level of community knowledge and attitudes towards rabies and the rabies control program, based on the respondent group

No. Respondent/Village group (number of respondents) Level of knowledge Level of attitude p-value
Positive Neutral Total
n % n % n %
1 All respondents (n = 300) ▪ Good 102 94 6 6 108 100 0.274
▪ Fair 179 97 6 3 185 100
▪ Poor 6 86 1 14 7 100
     Total 287 96 13 4 300 100
2 Village with rabies experience (n = 150) ▪ Good 43 91 4 9 47 100 0.0091
▪ Fair 98 99 1 1 99 100
▪ Poor 3 75 1 25 4 100
     Total 144 96 6 4 150 100
3 Village without rabies experience (n = 150) ▪ Good 59 97 2 3 61 100 0.717
▪ Fair 81 94 5 6 86 100
▪ Poor 3 100 0 0 3 100
     Total 143 95 7 5 150 100

1: statistically significant at 95 % confidence level