Table 3.
Association of Knowledge with Selected Socio Demographic Variables.
| Variables | Knowledge Score | Chi value (x2) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good, n (%) | Average, n (%) | Poor, n (%) | |||
| Age group | |||||
| <19 | 35 (53.0) | 20 (30.3) | 11 (16.7) | ||
| 20–26 | 71 (31.6) | 86 (38.2) | 68 (30.2) | 18.809 | 0.001 |
| >27 | 0 (0.0) | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Males | 25 (26.3) | 57 (60.0) | 13 (13.7) | 4.9183 | 0.086 |
| Females | 42 (16.0) | 181 (68.8) | 40 (15.2) | ||
| Religion | |||||
| Christianity | 65 (18.7) | 232 (66.7) | 51 (14.7) | ||
| Islam | 2 (28.6) | 13(42.9) | 2 (28.6) | 3.3670 | 0.498 |
| Others | 0 (0.00) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Ewe | 40 (17.2) | 155 (66.8) | 37 (16.0) | ||
| Ga | 5 (17.9) | 17 (60.7) | 6 (21.4) | 3.7998 | 0.704 |
| Akan | 15 (22.7) | 45 (68.2) | 6 (9.1) | ||
| Others | 7 (21.9) | 21 (65.6) | 4 (12.5) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 65 (19.0) | 225 (66.0) | 51 (15.0) | ||
| Married | 0 (0.00) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2.2396 | 0.692 |
| Cohabiting | 2 (22.2) | 6 (66.7) | 1 (11.1) | ||
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 3 (12.0) | 19 (76.0) | 3 (12.0) | 1.1567 | 0.561 |
| Unemployed | 64 (19.2) | 219 (65.8) | 50 (15.0) | ||
| Region of residence | |||||
| Volta | 50 (20.5) | 160 (65.6) | 34 (13.9) | ||
| Accra | 9 (13.6) | 48 (72.7) | 9 (13.6) | ||
| Eastern | 5 (16.1) | 18 (58.1) | 8 (25.8) | 7.2534 | 0.840 |
| Western | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (66.7) | ||
| Central | 1 (11.1) | 7 (77.8) | 1 (11.1) | ||
| Northern | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Ashanti | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | ||
| Address | |||||
| Urban | 47 (17.5) | 179 (66.8) | 42 (15.7) | 1.3471 | 0.510 |
| Rural | 20 (22.2) | 59 (65.6) | 11 (12.2) | ||
| Program of study | |||||
| RGN | 35 (19.1) | 114 (62.3) | 34 (18.6) | ||
| RCN | 19 (17.1) | 82 (73.9) | 10 (9.0) | 5.9605 | 0.202 |
| NAP | 13 (20.3) | 42 (65.6) | 9 (14.1) | ||
| Level of study | |||||
| 1st year | 9 (6.0) | 104 (69.8) | 36 (24.2) | ||
| 2nd year | 20 (14.6) | 103 (75.2) | 14 (10.2) | 82.6787 | 0.000 |
| 3rd year | 38 (52.8) | 31 (43.1) | 3 (4.2) | ||