Table 3.
Crosstabulation of chi-square analysis of association of knowledge with sociodemography, among malaria-suspected cases in Bahir Dar Zuria district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.
| Characteristics | Categories | Knowledge level | X 2 | P value | ||
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| Poor (%) | Satisfied (%) | Good (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 32 (58.2) | 29 (58) | 28 (63.6) | 0.820 | 0.396 |
| Female | 23 (41.8) | 21 (42) | 16 (36.4) | |||
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| Age group (in years) | 15-25 | 29 (52.7) | 14 (28) | 12 (27.3) | 10.377 | 0.035 |
| 26-35 | 9 (16.4) | 16 (32) | 11 (25) | |||
| ≥36 | 17 (30.9) | 20 (40) | 21 (47.7) | |||
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| Educational level | Unable to read and write | 41 (74.5) | 37 (74) | 18 (40.9) | 15.075 | 0.001 |
| Able to read and write and above | 14 (25.5) | 13 (26) | 26 (59.1) | |||
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| Primary occupation | Farmer | 47 (85.5) | 45 (90) | 32 (72.7) | 5.312 | 0.07 |
| Nonfarmer | 8 (14.5) | 5 (10) | 12 (27.3) | |||
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| Marital status | Single | 13 (23.6) | 7 (14) | 10 (22.7) | 1.774 | 0.412 |
| Married | 42 (76.4) | 43 (86) | 34 (77.3) | |||
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| Family size | <5 | 34 (61.8) | 26 (52) | 15 (34.1) | 7.601 | 0.022 |
| ≥5 | 21 (38.2) | 24 (48) | 29 (65.9) | |||