Table 5.
Effect of education on knowledge of and attitudes regarding rabies.
| Dependent variable | Independent variables | Beta | SE Beta | Odds ratio | 95% IC | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Know the name of the disease | No Education | 1 | ||||
| Primary | 0.0352 | 0.2166 | 1.036 | 0.678–1.584 | 0.8709 | |
| SSC | 1.3016 | 0.2384 | 3.675 | 2.303–5.864 | >0.0001 | |
| HSc | 2.1032 | 0.3543 | 8.193 | 4.091–16.407 | >0.0001 | |
| Graduate | 3.7984 | 0.6336 | 44.631 | 12.891–154.523 | >0.0001 | |
| Constant | −1.6784 | 0.1681 | >0.0001 | |||
| Know the clinical signs | No Education | 1 | ||||
| Primary | 0.3408 | 0.222 | 1.406 | 0.910–2.173 | 0.1247 | |
| SSC | 0.3841 | 0.2786 | 1.468 | 0.850–2.535 | 0.168 | |
| HSc | 0.665 | 0.403 | 1.944 | 0.883–4.284 | 0.0989 | |
| Graduate | 1.5712 | 0.4218 | 4.813 | 2.105–11.00 | 0.0002 | |
| Constant | −1.8589 | 0.1792 | >0.0001 | |||
| Clean with soap | No Education | 1 | ||||
| Primary | 0.1082 | 0.2584 | 1.114 | 0.672–1.849 | 0.6754 | |
| SSC | 0.8826 | 0.2868 | 2.417 | 1.378–4.240 | 0.0021 | |
| HSc | 0.8557 | 0.4263 | 2.353 | 1.020–5.426 | 0.0447 | |
| Graduate | 2.0428 | 0.4299 | 7.712 | 3.321–17.909 | >0.0001 | |
| Constant | −2.1848 | 0.203 | >0.0001 |
Significances lower than .05 are underlined