Skip to main content
. 2021 Aug 4;18(16):8258. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168258

Table 4.

Association of demographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude, and practice based on univariate analysis.

Variables N Knowledge (%) Attitude (%) Practice (%)
Mean ± SD p-Value Mean ± SD p-Value Mean ± SD p-Value
Gender *
Men 290 51.47 ± 17.82 0.040 55.56 ± 14.96 0.009 64.19 ± 16.89 0.012
Women 283 54.52 ± 18.21 58.53 ± 15.77 67.53 ± 17.43
Age (year) **
<20 39 53.59 ± 18.85 0.067 59.26 ± 14.18 0.133 67.56 ± 16.92 0.016
20–29 132 50.19 ± 17.74 58.12 ± 14.88 67.33 ± 17.94
30–39 154 53.25 ± 18.50 56.89 ± 13.95 65.58 ± 15.28
40–49 126 55.32 ± 19.27 58.66 ± 16.03 68.44 ± 16.42
50–60 82 55.55 ± 17.21 53.82 ± 17.18 62.39 ±18.62
≥60 40 47.88 ± 12.19 53.20 ± 17.17 59.15 ± 19.70
Area Residence *
Rural 342 50.13 ± 14.54 <0.001 54.67 ± 14.02 <0.001 63.01 ± 16.87 <0.001
Urban 231 57.19 ± 21.64 60.52 ± 16.72 70.04 ± 16.93
Marital status **
Married 437 53.00 ± 17.89 0.910 56.72 ± 15.65 0.211 65.32 ± 17.01 0.019
Single 113 53.32 ± 19.20 58.99 ± 13.63 69.26 ± 16.93
Widow/Widower 23 50.87 ± 16.21 53.22 ± 18.69 59.00 ± 20.18
Educational Level **
No formal–elementary school 148 49.86 ± 14.23 0.003 52.19 ± 14.95 <0.001 60.25 ± 16.36 <0.001
Junior 126 51.79 ± 15.97 56.24 ± 13.40 66.64 ± 14.97
Senior 243 53.68 ± 19.38 58.37 ± 15.48 66.73 ± 17.98
Diploma-graduate 50 59.20 ± 23.35 64.78 ± 16.08 73.92 ± 16.18
Post-graduate 6 74.17 ± 14.30 74.00 ±17.14 83.67 ± 16.06
Monthly income **
<1,600,000 443 51.37 ± 16.08 <0.001 55.02 ± 14.19 <0.001 64.06 ± 16.63 <0.001
1,600,000–3,000,000 90 57.44 ± 22.50 62.47 ± 17.59 70.61 ± 18.10
>3,000,000 40 60.75 ± 23.74 66.95 ± 16.96 74.88 ± 17.23

* Mann–Whitney; ** Kruskal–Wallis test.