Table 3.
Attitude towards cystic echinococcosis in different population
| Variable | Characteristics | Response | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At risk of CE | Infected with CE from close association with dogs | Association with infected people | |||||
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 175 (67.04) | 86 (32.95) | 148 (56.70) | 113 (43.29) | 03 (1.14) | 258 (98.85) |
| Female | 2 (7.14) | 26 (92.85) | 20 (71.42) | 08 (28.57) | 02 (7.14) | 26 (92.85) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 38.23 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 2.25 P < 0.13 | χ2 = 5.34 P < 0.02 | ||||
| Age | 15 – 35 | 108 (65.85) | 56 (34.14) | 128 (78.04) | 36 (21.95) | 88 (53.65) | 76 (46.34) |
| 36 – 56 | 77 (73.33) | 28 (26.66) | 78 (74.28) | 27 (25.71) | 47 (44.76) | 58 (55.23) | |
| 57 – 77 | 04 (20.00) | 16 (80.00) | 03 (15.00) | 17 (85.00) | 04 (20.00) | 16 (80.00) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 21.15 P < 0.000026 | χ2 = 35.71 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 8.82 P < 0.01 | ||||
| Ethnicity | Punjabi | 144 (60.75) | 93 (39.24) | 159 (67.08) | 78 (32.91) | 177 (74.68) | 60 (25.31) |
| Pathan | 22 (73.33) | 08 (26.66) | 18 (60.00) | 12 (40.00) | 24 (80.00) | 06 (20.00) | |
| Others | 11 (50.00) | 11 (50.00) | 09 (40.90) | 13 (59.09) | 13 (59.09) | 09 (40.90) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 3.14 P < 0.21 | χ2 = 6.29 P < 0.04 | χ2 = 3.16 P < 0.20 | ||||
| Education level | No formal education | 42 (82.35) | 09 (17.64) | 47 (92.15) | 04 (7.84) | 42 (82.35) | 09 (17.64) |
| Primary | 08 (72.72) | 03 (27.27) | 09 (81.81) | 02 (18.18) | 06 (54.54) | 05 (45.45) | |
| Secondary | 77 (83.69) | 15 (16.30) | 82 (89.13) | 10 (10.86) | 86 (93.47) | 06 (6.52) | |
| Post-Secondary | 116 (85.92) | 19 (14.07) | 109 (80.74) | 26 (19.25) | 131 (97.03) | 04 (2.96) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 1.52 P < 0.67 | χ2 = 5.37 P < 0.146 | χ2 = 31.22 P < 0.00001 | ||||
| Occupation | Butchers | 89 (84.76) | 16 (15.23) | 97 (92.38) | 08 (7.61) | 94 (89.52) | 11 (10.47) |
| Farmers/Livestock Keepers | 57 (57.57) | 42 (42.42) | 78 (78.78) | 21 (21.21) | 88 (88.88) | 11 (11.11) | |
| Multiple Professions | 74 (87.05) | 11 (12.94) | 69 (81.17) | 16 (18.82) | 78 (91.76) | 07 (8.23) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 28.64 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 8.13 P < 0.0171 | χ2 = 0.45 P < 0.796 | ||||