Table 1.
Knowledge of the word “zoonosis” and awareness of its meaning by pet owners according to parish of residence, educational qualification, gender, presence of young children in the family and age
| Variable/category | Percentage (n) of positive responses | |
|---|---|---|
| Zoonoses – has heard of | Zoonoses – understands | |
| Gender | P = 0.271 | P = 0.081 |
| Female | 58.5 (193) | 38.2 (126) |
| Male | 26.6 (102) | 30.2 (58) |
| Total | 56.5 (295) | 35.2 (184) |
| Age (years) | P = 0.010 | P = 0.016 |
| ≤ 18 | 1.0 (1)a | 0 (0)b |
| 19–64 | 57.6 (279)a | 36.8 (178)b |
| ≥ 65 | 53.6 (15) | 3.3 (6) |
| Total | 56.5 (295) | 35.2 (184) |
| Parish | P = 0.232 | P = 0.094 |
| Rural | 52.4 (89) | 30.0 (51) |
| Non-rural | 58.3 (203) | 37.9 (132) |
| Total | 56.4 (292) | 35.3 (183) |
| Schooling (degree) | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
| Basic * | 27.3 (12)c | 11.4 (5)e,f |
| Intermediate ** | 44.8 (78)d | 18.4 (32)e,g |
| Academic *** | 66.4 (188)c,d | 46.3 (131)f,g |
| Total | 55.5 (278) | 33.5 (168) |
| Presence of young members | P = 0.811 | P = 0.110 |
| Yes | 57.8 (74) | 41.4 (53) |
| No | 56.1 (221) | 33.2 (131) |
| Total | 56.6 (295) | 64.8 (238) |
* < 9 years of schooling; ** ≥ 9 and ≤ 12 years of schooling; *** licentiate, master’s and/ or doctorate degrees. Bonferroni correction (i.e. multiplying each P-value by 3) has been incorporated between categories: a P = 0.003; b P = 0.048; c P < 0.001; d P < 0.001; e P = 1.0; f P < 0.001; g P < 0.001. Only statistically significant differences are shown