Table 1.
Differences in KAP scores according to the demographic characteristics.
| Variables | Characteristic | Knowledge | Attitude | Practices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score, M ± SD | U | W | Score, M ± SD | U | W | Score, M ± SD | U | W | ||
| Gender | Male | 18.6 ± 0.01 | 850.3*** | 2231.46*** | 9.4 ± 0.01 | 2652* | 8005* | 8.8 ± 0.01 | 2674* | 4053* |
| Female | 17.5 ± 0.03 | 9.3 ± 0.01 | 8.8 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| H | H | H | ||||||||
| Age (years) | ≤20 | 17.5 ± 0.33 | 72.7*** | 8.3 ± 0.08 | 9.287** | 8.5 ± 0.10 | 2.221* | |||
| 20–30 | 18.8 ± 0.01 | 9.4 ± 0.02 | 8.8 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| 30–40 | 17.4 ± 0.02 | 9.4 ± 0.01 | 8.8 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| ≥40 | 18.5 ± 0.05 | 9.3 ± 0.03 | 8.9 ± 0.04 | |||||||
| H | H | H | ||||||||
| Education | No schooling | 13.8 ± 0.14 | 54.130*** | 7.4 ± 0.06 | 32.988*** | 6.5 ± 0.05 | 70.008*** | |||
| Secondary | 18.2 ± 0.02 | 9.3 ± 0.03 | 8.7 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| Higher secondary | 18.3 ± 0.01 | 9.5 ± 0.02 | 9.1 ± 0.00 | |||||||
| University | 19.3 ± 0.03 | 9.6 ± 0.05 | 9.0 ± 0.03 | |||||||
| Technical education | 18.8 ± 0.02 | 9.4 ± 0.03 | 9.0 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| H | H | H | ||||||||
| Experience (years) | ≤2 | 18.6 ± 0.03 | 66.952*** | 9.3 ± 0.03 | 8.534** | 9.0 ± 0.03 | 3.181* | |||
| 2–5 | 18.5 ± 0.02 | 9.3 ± 0.01 | 8.8 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| 5–10 | 17.0 ± 0.03 | 9.5 ± 0.02 | 8.9 ± 0.02 | |||||||
| ≥10 | 17.2 ± 0.12 | 8.9 ± 0.04 | 8.7 ± 0.05 | |||||||
| H | H | H | ||||||||
| Field of work in current company | Production | 18.2 ± 0.02 | 65.09*** | 9.2 ± 0.01 | 8.8989* | 8.7 ± 0.01 | 0.81* | |||
| QA | 17.7 ± 0.04 | 9.7 ± 0.03 | 8.9 ± 0.00 | |||||||
| Store | 17.2 ± 0.10 | 9.1 ± 0.04 | 8.7 ± 0.05 | |||||||
| Maintenance | 17.2 ± 0.08 | 9.4 ± 0.05 | 8.7 ± 0.05 | |||||||
| HRM | 17.0 ± 0.08 | 9.4 ± 0.05 | 8.7 ± 0.05 | |||||||
| H | H | H | ||||||||
| Source of information | Television and newspaper | 17.4 ± 0.03 | 69.404*** | 9.5 ± 0.01 | 13.46*** | 8.8 ± 0.01 | 0.770* | |||
| Social media | 18.4 ± 0.02 | 9.2 ± 0.01 | 8.9 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| Websites | 17.5 ± 0.05 | 9.2 ± 0.05 | 9.1 ± 0.01 | |||||||
| Family and friends | 17.2 ± 0.13 | 8.8 ± 0.04 | 8.8 ± 0.06 | |||||||
| Unheard | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
***Significant at 1% level of confidence; **Significant at 5% level of confidence; *Significant at 10% level of confidence. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; U, Mann-Whitney test; W, Wilcoxon test; H, Kruskal-Wallis Test.