Table 2.

Categorization of participants and association of demographics with knowledge, attitude and perception.

	Knowledge					Attitude				Perception
Variables		Good	Fair	Poor	p Value	Good	Fair	Poor	p Value	Good	Fair	Poor	p Value
Age	<20	4	25	7	0.347	20	13	3	0.001	8	10	18	0.064
	21–40	43	142	29		132	54	28		39	112	63
	41–60	26	64	15		35	44	26		22	54	29
Gender	>61	10	15	5		10	10	10		8	16	5
	Female	32	129	25		103	56	27	0.148	31	96	59	0.077
	Male	51	129	30		96	74	40		54	100	55
Marital status	Unmarried	40	115	24	0.831	105	49	24	0.005	37	80	62	0.088
	Married	44	144	32		94	82	44		49	116	54
Education level	high school or below	38	100	34	0.043	66	72	33	0.001	39	82	50	0.577
	graduate	27	83	11		67	34	20		28	63	30
	postgraduate	19	75	11		66	24	15		19	50	36
Employment status	Gov. employee	9	62	10	0.030	38	32	11	0.019	21	40	20	0.615
	non Gov. employee	13	53	9		42	22	11		13	39	23
	self employed	9	17	4		7	15	8		10	13	7
	Student	27	63	17		64	25	17		19	55	33
	Retired	14	15	7		12	14	10		10	17	8
	Unemployed	12	47	8		34	22	11		13	30	24
Residence	Urban	48	187	44	0.015	149	85	44	0.051	58	141	80	0.755
	Rural	35	69	13		47	46	24		27	54	35

Note: for knowledge score 4.8–6 considered (Good) 3.6–4.7 (Fair) and ≤3.5 (Poor); for attitude score 12.8–16 considered Good, 9.6–12.7 Fair and ≤9.5 Poor; for perception score 3.2–4 considered good, 2.4–3.16 Fair and ≤2.3 Poor. p value < 0.05 compared within groups. Bold p values showed significant association.