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. 2013 Mar;54(1):35–40.

Tab. V.

Association between selected sociodemographic characteristics and utilization of TBS.

Variables Utilization of TBS Χ2 df p-value
Yes (%) No (%)
Age (years)
< 20 15 (40.5) 22 (59.5) 22.3397 5 0.0005
21-30 42 (40.8) 61 (59.2)
31-40 89 (56.3) 69 (43.7)
41-50 40 (76.9) 12 (23.1)
51-60 10 (41.7) 14 (58.3)
61 and above 13 (50.0) 13 (50.0)
Sex
Male 137 (59.1) 95 (40.9) 10.243 1 0.00014
Female 72 (42.9) 96 (57.1)
Marital status
Married 151 (62.4) 91 (37.6) 28.7741 3 0.0000
Single 50 (38.8) 79 (61.2)
Widowed 8 (34.8) 15 (65.2)
Separated 0 (0.0) 6 (100.0)
Occupation
Artisan 32 (62.7) 19 (37.3) 45.2975 6 0.0000
Civil Service 80 (67.8) 38 (32.2)
Farming 6 (54.5) 5 (45.5)
Student 22 (28.2) 56 (71.8)
Trading 45 (48.9) 47 (51.1)
Unemployed 21 (67.7) 10 (32.3)
Others 3 (15.8) 16 (84.2)
Ethnicity
Hausa 12 (46.2) 14 (53.8) 11.2190 3 0.0106
Igbo 14 (37.8) 23 (62.2)
Yoruba 152 (58.2) 109 (41.8)
Others 31 (40.8) 45 (59.2)