Table 4.
Awareness of the potential zoonotic character of each particular disease among those responders who have previously heard of them
| Variable/category | Percentage (n) of positive responses – “Are you aware of the zoonotic character of?” | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancylostomatosis | Ascaridiosis | Cryptosporidiosis | Dipylidiosis | Dirofilariosis | Tick fever | Giardiosis | Hydatidosis | Leishmaniosis | Onchocercosis | Mange | Thelaziosis | Toxoplasmosis | |
| Parish | P = 0.100 | P = 0.157 | P = 0.739 | P = 0.377 | P = 0.918 | P = 0.872 | P = 1.0 | P = 0.741 | P = 0.220 | P = 0.243 | P = 0.220 | P = 0.334 | P = 0.135 |
| Rural | 56.5 (13) | 66.5 (105) | 61.9 (13) | 52.2 (12) | 19.8 (16) | 74.4 (128) | 60.5 (26) | 54.9 (39) | 34.2 (51) | 33.3 (7) | 71.7 (124) | 33.3 (5) | 64.8 (79) |
| Non-rural | 32.6 (15) | 73.2 (232) | 54.2 (26) | 38.0 (19) | 18.2 (27) | 75.5 (262) | 61.2 (52) | 51.4 (71) | 40.6 (134) | 52.3 (23) | 77.1 (262) | 52.4 (22) | 73.0 (178) |
| Total | 40.6 (28) | 70.9 (337) | 56.5 (39) | 42.5 (31) | 18.8 (43) | 75.1 (390) | 60.9 (78) | 52.6 (110) | 38.6 (185) | 46.2 (30) | 75.2 (386) | 47.4 (27) | 70.2 (257) |
| Schooling (degree) | ND* | P = 0.013 | ND* | ND* | P = 0.109 | P = 0.963 | ND* | P = 0.022 | P = 0.083 | ND* | P = 0.025 | ND* | P < 0.001 |
| Basic | 60.9 (3) | 73.2 (30) | 50.0 (1) | 50.0 (4) | 29.4 (5) | 73.3 (33) | 66.7 (4) | 27.3 (3) | 32.4 (11) | 50.0 (1) | 79.5 (35) | 80.0 (4) | 66.7 (14) |
| Intermediate | 16.7 (1) | 61.3 (95)a | 28.6 (2) | 29.6 (8) | 23.8 (19) | 75.3 (134) | 36.4 (8)b | 40.0 (20) | 30.4 (48) | 7.7 (1)c | 67.8 (116)d | 0 (0) | 52.4 (54)e |
| Academic | 41.4 (24) | 74.8 (199)a | 59.0 (36) | 54.3 (19) | 14.1 (18) | 74.6 (212) | 67.3 (66)b | 57.9 (84) | 40.8 (28) | 52.8 (28)c | 78.8 (223)d | 47.9 (23) | 76.6 (180)e |
| Total | 40.6 (28) | 70.1 (324) | 55.7 (39) | 44.4 (31) | 18.7 (42) | 74.8 (379) | 61.9 (78) | 51.9 (107) | 36.6 (30) | 44.1 (30) | 75.1 (374) | 47.4 (27) | 69.1 (248) |
Bonferroni correction (i.e. multiplying each P-value by 3) has been incorporated between schooling categories, and only statistically significant differences are shown; a P = 0.015; b P = 0.042; c P = 0.027; d P = 0.039; e P < 0.001; ND not validated; *Statistically significant difference(s) not confirmed after pairwise comparisons