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. 2019 Aug 18;4(3):115. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030115

Table 3.

Association between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge about rabies.

Variable Poor Knowledge [n = 61] n (%) Good Knowledge [n = 199] n (%) Total [n= 260] n (%) χ2 (p-Value) COR (95% CI) p-Value AOR (95% CI) p-Value
District
Bawku Municipality 9 (14.7) 37 (18.6) 46 (17.7) 112.59 (<0.001) Ref. Ref.
Bawku West District 4 (6.6) 39 (19.6) 43 (16.5) 2.37 (0.67, 8.37) 0.179 3.78 (0.91, 15.77) 0.068
Bolga Municipality 2 (3.3) 42 (21.1) 44 (16.9) 5.11 (1.04, 25.17) 0.045 7.89 (1.49, 41.71) 0.015
Bongo District 3 (4.9) 44 (22.1) 47 (18.1) 3.57 (0.90, 14.15) 0.070 6.74 (1.47, 30.89) 0.014
Builsa North District 6 (9.8) 30 (15.1) 36 (13.9) 1.22 (0.39, 3.80) 0.736 0.41 (0.09, 1.87) 0.249
Kassena Nankana District 37 (60.7) 7 (3.5) 44 (16.9) 0.05 (0.02, 0.14) 0.000 0.04 (0.01, 0.17) <0.001
Sex
Female 25 (41.0) 49 (24.6) 186 (71.5) 6.14 (0.013) Ref. Ref.
Male 36 (59.0) 150 (75.4) 74 (28.5) 2.13 (1.16, 3.89) 0.014 1.54 (0.60, 3.96) 0.374
Education
None 42 (68.9) 80 (40.2) 122 (46.9) 20.45 (<0.001) Ref. Ref.
Primary 8 (13.1) 27 (13.6) 35 (13.5) 1.77 (0.74, 4.24) 0.199 5.80 (1.46, 23.07) 0.013
JHS 6 (9.8) 24 (12.0) 30 (11.5) 2.10 (0.80, 5.54) 0.134 2.21 (0.52, 9.33) 0.281
SHS 4 (6.6) 30 (15.1) 34 (13.1) 3.94 (1.30, 11.93) 0.015 8.80 (1.82, 42.50) 0.007
Tertiary 1 (1.6) 38 (19.1) 39 (15.0) 19.95 (2.65, 150.45) 0.004 76.31 (6.20, 938.49) 0.001
Occupation
Unemployed 3 (4.9) 28 (14.0) 31 (11.9) 11.97 (0.007) Ref.
Farmer 48 (78.7) 110 (55.3) 37 (14.2) 0.25 (0.07, 0.85) 0.026 0.54 (0.10, 2.83) 0.468
Trader 7 (11.5) 30 (15.1) 158 (60.8) 0.46 (0.11, 1.95) 0.292 0.49 (0.06, 3.73) 0.487
Civil/public servant 3 (4.9) 31 (15.6) 34 (13.1) 1.11 (0.21, 5.94) 0.905 0.16 (0.02, 1.37) 0.095