Table 2.
Knowledge towards cystic echinococcosis of participants in different people in study areas
| Variable | Characteristics | Response | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| heard about zoonosis | heard about CE | seen hydatid disease in animal organ | seen hydatid disease in man | aware of the threats of contaminated food | |||||||
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 80 (30.65) | 181 (69.34) | 11 (4.21) | 250 (95.78) | 23 (8.81) | 238 (91.18) | 5 (1.91) | 256 (98.08) | 137 (52.49) | 124 (47.50) |
| Female | 11 (39.28) | 17 (60.71) | 1 (3.57) | 27 (96.42) | 1 (3.57) | 27 (96.42) | 0 (0.00) | 28 (100) | 11 (39.28) | 17 (60.71) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 0.51 P < 0.47 | χ2 = 1.99 e-28 P < 1.00 | χ2 = 0.35 P < 0.552 | χ2 = 1.46 P < 0.48 | χ2 = 1.27 P < 0.258 | ||||||
| Age | 15 – 35 | 53 (32.31) | 111 (67.68) | 5 (3.04) | 159 (96.95) | 10 (6.09) | 154 (93.90) | 3 (1.82) | 161 (98.17) | 92 (56.09) | 72 (43.90) |
| 36 – 56 | 32 (30.47) | 73 (69.52) | 7 (6.66) | 98 (93.33) | 13 (12.38) | 92 (87.61) | 2 (1.90) | 103 (98.09) | 48 (45.71) | 57 (54.28) | |
| 57 – 77 | 6 (30.00) | 14 (70.00) | 0 (0.00) | 20 (100.00) | 1 (5.00) | 19 (95.00) | 0 (0.00) | 20 (100.00) | 07 (35.00) | 13 (65.00) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 0.09 P < 0.952 | χ2 = 3.02 P < 0.21 | χ2 = 3.73 P < 0.155 | χ2 = 3.11 P < 0.54 | χ2 = 4.7 P < 0.09 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | Punjabi | 74 (31.22) | 163 (68.77) | 9 (3.79) | 228 (96.20) | 18 (7.59) | 219 (92.40) | 5 (2.11) | 232 (97.89) | 114 (48.10) | 123 (51.89) |
| Pathan | 9 (30.00) | 21 (70.00) | 1 (3.33) | 29 (96.66) | 27 (90.00) | 3 (10.00) | 0 (0.00) | 30 (100.00) | 15 (50.00) | 15 (50.00) | |
| Others | 7 (31.81) | 15 (68.18) | 1 (4.54) | 21 (95.45) | 02 (9.09) | 20 (90.90) | 0 (0.00) | 22 (100.00) | 17 (77.27) | 05 (22.72) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 0.02 P < 0.98 | χ2 = 0.05 P < 0.97 | χ2 = 133.68 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 2.98 P < 0.81 | χ2 = 6.85 P < 0.03 | ||||||
| Education level | No formal education | 18 (35.29) | 33 (64.70) | 3 (5.88) | 48 (94.11) | 12 (23.52) | 39 (76.47) | 02 (3.92) | 49 (96.07) | 28 (54.90) | 23 (45.09) |
| Primary | 02 (18.18) | 09 (81.81) | 1 (9.09) | 10 (90.90) | 2 (18.18) | 9 (81.81) | 01 (9.09) | 10 (90.90) | 05 (45.45) | 06 (54.54) | |
| Secondary | 20 (21.73) | 72 (78.26) | 1 (1.08) | 91 (98.91) | 01 (1.08) | 91 (98.91) | 00 (0.00) | 92 (100) | 09 (9.78) | 83 (90.21) | |
| Post-Secondary | 41 (30.37) | 94 (69.62) | 7 (5.18) | 128 (94.81) | 08 (5.92) | 127 (94.07) | 02 (1.48) | 133 (98.51) | 106 (78.51) | 29 (21.48) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 4.03 P < 0.25 | χ2 = 3.59 P < 0.309 | χ2 = 25.14 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 6.61 P < 0.085 | χ2 = 103.91 P < 0.00001 | ||||||
| Occupation | Butchers | 34 (32.38) | 71 (67.61) | 8 (7.61) | 97 (92.38) | 9 (8.57) | 96 (91.42) | 4 (3.80) | 101 (96.19) | 63 (60.00) | 42 (40.00) |
| Farmers/Livestock Keepers | 35 (35.35) | 64 (64.64) | 0 (0.00) | 99 (100.00) | 11 (11.11) | 88 (88.88) | 0 (0.00) | 99 (100.00) | 26 (26.26) | 73 (73.73) | |
| Multiple Professions | 22 (25.88) | 63 (74.11) | 4 (4.71) | 81 (95.30) | 4 (4.71) | 81 (95.29) | 1 (1.17) | 84 (98.82) | 59 (69.41) | 26 (30.58) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 1.96 P < 0.37 | χ2 = 7.52 P < 0.02 | χ2 = 2.47 P < 0.28 | χ2 = 19.34 P < 0.0006 | χ2 = 39.18 P < 3.1e-9 | ||||||