Table 2.
Association of knowledge, belief, and attitude with sociodemographic variables
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| IA | MA | AK | Chi value | PB | GB | Chi value | UA | NA | FA | Chi value | ||
| Age (years) | <50 | 1 | 35 | 27 | 0.49 | 9 | 54 | 0.91 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 0.34 |
| >50 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 34 | 30 | ||||
| Gender | Male | 2 | 37 | 24 | 0.33 | 8 | 55 | 0.54 | 1 | 33 | 29 | 0.04* |
| Female | 0 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 56 | 8 | 36 | 23 | ||||
| Residence | Urban | 0 | 40 | 33 | 0.04* | 11 | 62 | 0.86 | 7 | 44 | 22 | 0.02* |
| Rural | 2 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 25 | 30 | ||||
| Marital status | Single | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0.58 | 3 | 6 | 0.24 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0.47 |
| Married | 2 | 72 | 46 | 16 | 104 | 9 | 61 | 50 | ||||
| Widow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Educational level | Primary | 1 | 39 | 13 | 0.01* | 7 | 46 | 0.72 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0.07 |
| High school | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Senior secondary | 1 | 19 | 08 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| Graduate | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Postgraduate | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||||
IA=Inadequate knowledge, MA=Moderately adequate knowledge, AK=Adequate knowledge, PB=Poor belief, GB=Good belief, UA=Unfavorable attitude, NA=Neutral attitude, FA=Favorable attitude