Table 9.

Comparison of responses to the health statements based on gender using chi-square test

Response	Male (n = 274)		Female (n = 291)		χ2	p-value
	n	%	n	%
S1: Road traffic noise can lead to heart attack
Not at all	168	61.31	194	66.67	7.11	0.130
Slightly	69	25.18	62	21.31
Moderately	28	10.22	18	6.19
To a good extent	6	2.19	14	4.81
Completely	3	1.09	3	1.03
S2: Road traffic noise can lead to diabetes
Not at all	218	79.56	164	56.36	56.96	< 0.001
Slightly	26	9.48	102	35.05
Moderately	26	9.48	19	6.53
To a good extent	3	1.09	4	1.37
Completely	1	0.36	2	0.69
S3: Road traffic noise can cause hypertension
Not at all	162	59.12	197	67.69	24.22	< 0.001
Slightly	86	31.39	45	15.46
Moderately	15	5.47	21	7.22
To a good extent	7	2.55	19	6.53
Completely	4	1.46	9	3.09
S4: Road traffic noise can cause stroke
Not at all	181	66.06	192	65.97	6.27	0.180
Slightly	62	22.63	79	27.15
Moderately	17	6.20	15	5.15
To a good extent	8	2.92	3	1.03
Completely	6	2.19	2	0.69
S5: Road traffic noise can reduce the working efficiency
Not at all	109	39.78	177	60.82	40.67	< 0.001
Slightly	73	26.64	69	23.71
Moderately	36	13.14	29	9.96
To a good extent	29	10.58	12	4.12
Completely	27	9.85	4	1.37
S6: Road traffic noise can cause stress
Not at all	66	24.09	70	24.05	4.41	0.353
Slightly	41	14.96	55	18.90
Moderately	45	16.42	41	14.09
To a good extent	68	24.82	57	19.59
Completely	54	19.71	68	23.37