Table 5.
Differences between knowledge and perception scores and participant characteristics.
| Knowledge score | Perception score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants characteristics | Mean (SD) | F value | t-value* | p-value | Mean (SD) | F value** | t-value | p-value |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male Female |
3.85(3.28) 4.18(3.03) |
−1.18 | 0.235* | 32.6(6.68) 33.1(6.33) |
−889 | 0.374* | ||
| Age (full years) | ||||||||
| 18–22 23–25 26–30 31–34 35–40 45 and more |
3.91(3.03) 4.52(3.26) 4.02(3.04) 4.46(2.97) 4.69(2.95) 5.09(3.71) |
1.71 | 0.130** | 32.8(6.28) 32.7(6.33) 32.2(7.10) 32.8(5.60) 35.9(6.78) 33.3(7.10) |
2.05 | 0.069** | ||
| Presence of chronic disease? | ||||||||
| Yes No |
4.44(3.23) 4.06(3.07) |
1.005 | 0.315* | 32.6(6.68) 33.0(6.38) |
−0.562 | 0.574* | ||
| Did you hear about thyroid disease? | ||||||||
| Yes No |
4.41(3.08) 3.01(2.88) |
5.08* | 0.0001 | 32.9(6.64) 33.1(5.54) |
−0.303 | 0.7628* | ||
| Place of residence | ||||||||
| Central East West North South |
4.13(3.12) 4.61(3.18) 4.05(3.11) 4.62(3.30) 3.90(2.95) |
0.51 | 0.729** | 32.7(6.37) 31.0(6.89) 33.5(5.97) 34.2(7.32) 32.8(6.78) |
1.21 | 0.304** | ||
| Professional class | ||||||||
| Working Self-employed Housewife Students Unemployed |
3.77(2.9) 4.78(3.1) 3.56(2.9) 4.08(3.6) 4.71(3.1) |
5.41 | 0.0001 | 32.6(5.8) 33.5(7.0) 33.2(6.3) 32.0(6.5) 32.8(6.5) |
0.788 | 0.533 | ||
| Schooling | ||||||||
| Primary or below Secondary University |
4.08(3.03) 4.18(3.30) 4.08(3.04) |
0.056 | 0.946 | 32.5(6.13) 32.8(6.25) 33.5(6.69) |
1.691 | 0.185 | ||
*
t-test;
**
ANOVA.