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. 2021 Oct 27;11:21211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00617-8

Table 4.

Relation between participants’ characteristics and mean scores of knowledges, attitude and practices on antibiotic resistance and use.

Demographic variables Categories Knowledge score Attitude score Practice score
Mean ± SD P-value Mean ± SD P-value Mean ± SD P-value
Sex Male 4.5 ± 1.4 0.615 28.9 ± 4.6 0.02 5.4 ± 2.4 0.054
Female 4.3 ± 1.4 25.4 ± 5.3 3.9 ± 2.4
Age 15–30 4.1 ± 1.3 0.225 27.3 ± 5.1 0.029 4.4 ± 2.5 < 0.0001
31–45 4.4 ± 1.5 27.5 ± 4.6 4.7 ± 2.3
46–55 4.4 ± 1.3 30.2 ± 4.5 5.7 ± 1.9
56–65 5.2 ± 1.2 31.2 ± 4.1 7.8 ± 1.5
Marital status Single 4.3 ± 1.4 0.328 27.8 ± 5.2 0.049 4.7 ± 2.5 0.024
Married 4.4 ± 1.4 28.2 ± 4.6 5.1 ± 2.4
Divorce 5.1 ± 1.0 32.4 ± 4.8 7.4 ± 2.5
Level of education Uneducated 3.0 ± 0.6 0.001 22.8 ± 2.2 < 0.0001 4.5 ± 2.3 < 0.0001
Primary 3.7 ± 1.5 27.2 ± 4.3 4.6 ± 2.3
Secondary 4.5 ± 1.0 26.5 ± 4.2 4.1 ± 2.0
Diploma 4.8 ± 1.6 30.0 ± 4.7 5.1 ± 2.8
Technique 6.0 35.0 9
University 5.1 ± 1.2 32.2 ± 3.4 7.3 ± 1.3
Religion Orthodox 4.5 ± 1.4 0.086 28.5 ± 4.8 0.337 5.1 ± 2.5 0.449
Protestant 3.4 ± 1.1 26.4 ± 5.4 6 ± 1.9
Type of farm Poultry 4.85 ± 1.3 0.046 28.7 ± 4.6 0.254 5.3 ± 2.5 0.250
Dairy 4.4 ± 1.5 28.7 ± 5.0 5.3 ± 2.3
Beef 3.6 ± 0.9 25.9 ± 4.2 3.9 ± 2.7
Stakeholder Owner 4.6 ± 1.4 0.220 28.7 ± 4.8 0.461 5.4 ± 2.4 0.156
Son 4.5 ± 2.1 25.5 ± 2.1 3.0 ± 1.4
Worker 3.7 ± 1.2 27.5 ± 5.1 4.4 ± 2.6
No of animals 1–100 4.6 ± 1.4 0.841 28.5 ± 4.9 0.678 5.2 ± 2.4 0.437
101–200 5.0 35 7
201–300 5.0 ± 0.0 26.7 ± 1.5 2.7 ± 1.5
301–400 4.0 29 5
500 +  4.0 ± 1.2 27.9 ± 5.7 5.4 ± 3.2