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. 2021 Jun;19(Suppl 1):S22–S30.

Table 5:

Association between knowledge, attitude and practice and sociodemographic characteristics

Knowledge Attitude Practice

Poor Good Chi-squared p-value Poor Good Chi-squared p-value Poor Good Chi-squared p-value
2) 2) 2)

Year of study 0.374 0.829 0.794 0.672 6.479 0.039*
4th 15 (26.8) 41 (73.2) 12 (21.4) 44 (78.6) 37 (66.1) 19 (33.9)
5th 18 (24.3) 56 (75.7) 20 (27.0) 54 (73.0) 62 (83.8) 12 (16.2)
6th 4 (20.0) 16 (80.0) 6 (30.0) 14 (70.0) 17 (85.0) 3 (15.0)
Gender 3.942a 0.122 2.500a 0.390 3.326a 0.182
Female 24 (27.6) 63 (72.4) 26 (29.9) 61 (70.1) 66 (75.9) 21 (24.1)
Male 12 (19.4) 50 (80.6) 12 (19.4) 50 (80.6) 50 (80.6) 12 (19.4)
Non-binary 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
Religion 0.564a 0.814 4.865a 0.083 3.245a 0.170
Christianity 33 (25.6) 96 (74.4) 32 (24.8) 97 (75.2) 97 (75.2) 32 (24.8)
Islam 3 (17.6) 14 (82.4) 3 (17.6) 14 (82.4) 16 (94.1) 1 (5.9)
Not religious 1 (25.0) 3 (75.0) 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0)
University Attending 0.949 0.622 1.750 0.417 14.182 0.001**
University of Lagos, Lagos 9 (25.0) 27 (75.0) 11 (30.6) 25 (69.4) 34 (94.4) 2 (5.6)
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Osun 14 (29.2) 34 (70.8) 9 (18.8) 39 (81.3) 29 (60.4) 19 (39.6)
University of Ibadan, Oyo State 14 (21.2) 52 (78.8) 18 (27.3) 48 (72.7) 53 (80.3) 13 (19.7)
a

Fisher's exact test

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01