Table 3. Knowledge regarding intestinal parasites among the respondents (N = 385).
Question | Number | % | ||
1 | Previous knowledge on intestinal parasite? | Yes | 180 | 46.8 |
No | 205 | 53.2 | ||
2 | Have you ever been infected with IP? | Yes | 251 | 65.2 |
No | 75 | 19.5 | ||
Don't know | 59 | 15.3 | ||
3 | Feces as a source of infection? | Yes | 239 | 62.1 |
No | 51 | 13.2 | ||
Don't know | 95 | 24.7 | ||
4 | Symptoms of infection with IP | Know | 203 | 52.7 |
Don't know | 182 | 47.3 | ||
5 | Degree of harmfulness of sewage exposure | Harmful | 363 | 94.3 |
Harmless | 3 | 0.8 | ||
Don't know | 19 | 4.9 | ||
6 | Mode of transmission of IP | Know | 132 | 34.3 |
Don't know | 253 | 65.7 | ||
7 | Prevention methods of IP | Know | 214 | 55.6 |
Don't know | 171 | 44.4 | ||
Total knowledge | Good | 229 | 59.5 | |
Poor | 156 | 40.5 |