Table 5.

Association of sociodemographic variables with mean knowledge, attitude, and practice scores

Characteristics	n=1016, n (%)	Knowledge score (mean±SD)	P	Attitude score (mean±SD)	P	Practice score (mean±SD)	P
Age (years)
<19	60 (5.9)	9.23±1.28	<0.001**	11.47±1.57	<0.138	11.93±1.43	<0.001**
20-39	766 (75.4)	10.11±1.10		11.87±1.43		12.37±1.36
40-59	159 (15.6)	10.20±1.66		11.94±1.32		12.00±1.59
>60	31 (3.0)	10.34±1.03		11.69±1.46		11.88±1.51
Gender
Female	528 (52.0)	10.25±1.01	<0.001**	11.92±1.39	0.068	12.37±1.42	<0.05*
Male	488 (48.0)	9.839±1.22		11.78±1.46		12.15±1.41
Marital status
Married	308 (30.3)	10.08±1.15	0.087	11.92±1.41	0.369	12.18±1.38	<0.05*
Unmarried	677 (66.6)	10.05±1.13		11.81±1.43		12.33±1.39
Others	31 (3.1)	10.52±0.76		11.55±1.38		11.55±2.14
Residence
Urban	559 (55.0)	10.14±1.08	<0.05*	11.89±1.37	0.414	12.27±1.45	0.886
Rural	457 (45.0)	10.00±1.19		11.82±1.48		12.26±1.40
Educational qualification
Up to high school	37 (3.7)	9.5±1.09	<0.05*	11.15±1.12	<0.05*	12.27±1.27	0.812
Above high school	979 (96.3)	10.10±1.10		11.88±1.42		12.35±1.42
Occupation
Professional	423 (41.6)	10.37±0.86	<0.001**	11.80±1.42	0.504	12.26±1.47	0.018*
Student	338 (33.3)	9.88±1.24		11.84±1.41		12.30±1.36
Employed	166 (16.3)	9.87±1.33		12.16±1.22		12.97±1.67
Unemployed	89 (8.8)	9.81±1.26		11.78±1.48		12.13±1.33
Religion
Islam	963 (94.8)	10.06±1.13	0.180	11.86±1.43	0.295	12.27±1.42	0.862
Others	53 (5.2)	10.36±1.04		11.55±1.33		12.15±1.29

*P significant, Kruskal-Wallis test, **P highly significant, Mann-Whitney test. SD - Standard deviation