Table 3.
Awareness level of abattoir workers on brucellosis and other zoonotic diseases in Debre Zeit and Modjo export abattoirs (N = 156)
| Category | N | Brucellosis (yes) N (%) |
χ 2 | P-Value | Zoonosis (yes) N (%) |
χ 2 | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 125 | 55 (44.00) | 0.013 | 0.907 | 68 (54.40) | ||
| Female | 31 | 14 (54.84) | 15 (48.39) | 0.361 | 0.548 | ||
| Age (in years) | |||||||
| < =20 | 21 | 3 (14.29) a1 | 7 (33.33) | ||||
| 21–30 | 80 | 35 (43.75) a | 12.075 | 0.017 | 44 (55.00) | ||
| 31–40 | 37 | 19 (51.35) b | 19 (51.35) | 6.323 | 0.176 | ||
| 41–50 | 9 | 6 (66.67) b | 6 (66.67) | ||||
| >50 | 9 | 6 (66.67) b | 7 (77.78) | ||||
| Marital Status | |||||||
| Single | 60 | 22 (36.67) | 32 (53.33) | ||||
| Married | 92 | 43 (46.74) | 6.670 | 0.036 | 48 (52.17) | 0.803 | 0.669 |
| Divorced/Widowed | 4 | 4 (100) | 3 (75.00) | ||||
| Back Ground | |||||||
| Urban | 125 | 58 (46.40) | 68 (54.40) | ||||
| Rural | 31 | 11 (35.48) | 1.200 | 0.273 | 15 (48.39) | 0.361 | 0.548 |
| Years On Job | |||||||
| <1 | 19 | 5 (26.32) | 9 (47.37) | ||||
| 1–5 | 86 | 35 (40.70) | 7.626 | 0.106 | 45 (52.33) | 1.193 | 0.879 |
| 6–10 | 35 | 18 (51.43) | 19 (54.29) | ||||
| 11–15 | 12 | 8 (66.67) | 7 (58.33) | ||||
| >16 | 4 | 3 (75.00) | 3 (75.00) | ||||
| Total | 156 | 69 (44.23) | 83 (53.21) | ||||
1Within a variable, values in the same column with different letters differ significantly