Table 5.
Percentage of respondents who correctly identified prevention methods and rejected misconceptions, Kouroussa, 2015
| Accepts three main means of prevention | Rejects three misconceptions | Has comprehensive knowledge (Accepts three main means of prevention and Rejects three misconceptions) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Sub-prefecture | ||||||
| Kouroussa | 149 | 87.1 | 113 | 66.1 | 43 | 25.2 |
| Sanguiana | 78 | 80.4 | 29 | 26.9 | 56 | 57.8 |
| Babila | 69 | 89.6 | 51 | 66.2 | 24 | 31.2 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 174 | 87.4 | 123 | 61.8 | 63 | 31.7 |
| Female | 122 | 83.6 | 70 | 48.0 | 60 | 41.1 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18-24 | 38 | 86.4 | 19 | 43.2 | 21 | 47.7 |
| 25 and above | 258 | 85.7 | 174 | 57.8 | 102 | 33.9 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 211 | 85.4 | 146 | 59.1 | 81 | 32.8 |
| Single | 59 | 85.5 | 37 | 53.6 | 25 | 36.2 |
| Divorced | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 83.3 |
| Widowed | 19 | 90.5 | 8 | 38.1 | 11 | 52.4 |
| Separated | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| No formal education | 138 | 84.2 | 89 | 54.3 | 57 | 34.8 |
| Primary | 45 | 86.5 | 35 | 67.3 | 15 | 28.9 |
| Secondary | 72 | 84.7 | 47 | 55.3 | 29 | 34.1 |
| College/University | 38 | 92.7 | 21 | 51.2 | 20 | 48.8 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Trading | 82 | 86.3 | 69 | 72.6 | 22 | 23.2 |
| Farmer | 68 | 85.0 | 45 | 56.3 | 28 | 35.0 |
| Fisher | 9 | 90.0 | 7 | 70.0 | 3 | 30.0 |
| Employee (all forms) | 57 | 86.4 | 32 | 48.5 | 28 | 42.4 |
| No job/ Unemployed | 67 | 87.0 | 38 | 49.4 | 31 | 40.3 |
| Other | 13 | 76.5 | 2 | 11.8 | 11 | 64.7 |
| Total | 296 | 85.0 | 193 | 55.9 | 123 | 35.7 |