Variable | Household heads | Pupils | Teachers | HW (n = 47) | |||
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N | % knew bilharzia | N | % knew bilharzia | N | % knew bilharzia | Â | |
Overall | 908 | 84.3 (81.9 - 86.6) | 179 | 80.4 (74.6 - 86.3) | 104 | 92.3 (87.1 - 97.5) | 87.3 (77.8-96.8) |
Sex | |||||||
 Female | 442 | 81.4 (77.8 - 85.1) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Male | 466 | 86.9 (83.8 - 90) |  |  |  |  |  |
Education | |||||||
 None | 127 | 83.5 (76.9 - 90) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Primary | 471 | 82.4 (78.9 - 85.8) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Secondary | 269 | 85.9 (81.7 - 90.1) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Tertiary | 41 | 97.6 (92.6 – 100.0) |  |  |  |  |  |
Knowledge of bilharzia by length of residence in islands | |||||||
 <2 years | 188 | 71.8 (65.3 - 78.3) | 41 | 65.9 (50.7 – 81.0) | 14 | 78.6 (54.0 - 100.0) |  |
 2 < 5 years | 140 | 85.7 (79.8 - 91.6) | 52 | 75.0 (62.8 – 87.2) | 38 | 97.4 (92.0 - 100.0) |  |
 5 < 10 years | 209 | 83.7 (78.7 - 88.8) | 37 | 83.8 (71.3 – 96.2) | 34 | 91.2 (81.1 - 100.0) |  |
 10 + years | 369 | 90.2 (87.2 - 93.3) | 43 | 97.7 (93 – 100.0) | 16 | 93.8 (80.4 - 100.0) |  |
Have you ever been treated for bilharzia | |||||||
 Yes | 585 | 100 (100–100) | 134 | 88.1 (82.5 – 93.6) | 70 | 98.6 (95.7 - 100.0) |  |
 No | 323 | 55.7 (50.3 - 61.1) | 45 | 57.8 (43.1 – 72.5) | 34 | 79.4 (65.5 – 93.4) |  |