Table 3.
Mean knowledge score of participants by demographic variables and source of information (one way ANOVA), (n=3586)
| Characteristics | Number of participants (%) | Mean knowledge score (±SD%) |
F-test/t-test | P value | |
| Gender | Male | 1142 (31.8) | 75.0 (±10.1) | −2.625 | 0.009 |
| Female | 2444 (68.2) | 75.9 (±9) | |||
| Age group (years) |
<20 | 1204 (33.6) | 75.0 (±9.9) | 2.990 | 0.011 |
| 20–24 | 1104 (30.8) | 76.4 (±9.3) | |||
| 25–29 | 446 (12.4) | 76.0 (±9.4) | |||
| 30–34 | 266 (7.4) | 75.4 (±9.4) | |||
| 35–39 | 186 (5.2) | 76.1 (±7.6) | |||
| >39 | 380 (10.6) | 75.1 (±8.6) | |||
| Social status | Single | 2279 (63.5) | 75.8 (±9.3) | 2.485 | 0.042 |
| In a relationship | 286 (8.0) | 76.6 (±8.6) | |||
| Married | 943 (26.3) | 75.1 (±9.4) | |||
| Divorced | 46 (1.3) | 73.9 (±8.8) | |||
| Widowed | 32 (0.9) | 73.4 (±15.9) | |||
| Residence | Urban | 2426 (67.7) | 75.8 (±9.3) | 1.652 | 0.099 |
| Rural | 1160 (32.3) | 75.3 (±9.6) | |||
| Education | Primary school | 25 (0.7) | 66.5 (±12.4) | 26.176 | <0.001 |
| Intermediate school | 166 (4.6) | 73.2 (±9.3) | |||
| Secondary school | 375 (10.4) | 70.0 (±13) | |||
| College/university | 2839 (79.2) | 76.3 (±8.9) | |||
| Master’s degree | 157 (4.4) | 77.2 (±9.7) | |||
| PhD | 24 (0.7) | 76.6 (±8.5) | |||
| Occupation | Healthcare worker | 634 (17.7) | 78.6 (±8.6) | 16.379 | <0.001 |
| Government institution | 283 (7.9) | 75.7 (±7.9) | |||
| Private institution | 182 (5.1) | 75.5 (±9) | |||
| Business | 198 (5.5) | 73.4 (±10.2) | |||
| Military | 32 (0.9) | 71.2 (±15.6) | |||
| Unemployed | 1822 (50.8) | 75.3 (±9.2) | |||
| Other | 435 (12.1) | 74.0 (±10.2) | |||
| Economic status | Excellent | 331 (9.2) | 76.6 (±11.1) | 7.108 | <0.001 |
| Good | 1761 (49.1) | 76.2 (±9.4) | |||
| Moderate | 1247 (34.8) | 74.9 (±9) | |||
| Poor | 247 (6.9) | 74.3 (±9.3) | |||
| Household members | 0 | 46 (1.3) | 74.4 (±10.6) | 15.451 | <0.001 |
| 1–5 | 2751 (76.7) | 76.1 (±9) | |||
| >5 | 789 (22.0) | 74.0 (±10.2) | |||
| Source of information | Health websites | 2823 (78.7) | 76.4 (±8.7) | 24.523 | <0.001 |
| Social media | 1998 (55.7) | 74.6 (±9.6) | |||
| Television/radio | 1572 (43.8) | 75.5 (±9) | |||
| Family members/friends | 528 (14.7) | 74.0 (±10.3) | |||
| Lectures | 517 (14.4) | 78.2 (±7.5) | |||
| Magazines/books | 266 (7.4) | 77.6 (±8.8) | |||
ANOVA, analysis of variance.