Table 5 Association between knowledge, attitudes and perceptions and occupations of respondents
Knowledge | Attitude | Perception | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Total | Negative | Positive | Total | Poor | Good | Total | |
Occupations | |||||||||
Medical doctor | 39 (31.7 %) | 84 (68.3 %) | 123 (42.4 %) | 37 (30.1 %) | 86 (69.9 %) | 123 (42.4 %) | 64 (52.0 %) | 59 (48.0 %) | 123 (42.4 %) |
Nurse | 69 (45.4 %) | 83 (54.6 %) | 152 (54.6 %) | 18 (11.8 %) | 134 (88.2 %) | 152 (52.4 %) | 92 (60.5 %) | 60 (39.5 %) | 152 (52.4 %) |
Nursing Assistant | 15 (100 %) | 0 (0 %) | 15 (5.2 %) | 3 (20.0 %) | 12 (80.0 %) | 15 (5.2 %) | 11 (73.3 %) | 4 (26.7 %) | 15 (5.2 %) |
Total | 123 (42.4 %) | 167 (57.6 %) | 290 (100 %) | 58 (20.0 %) | 232 (80.0 %) | 290 (100.0 %) | 167 (57.6 %) | 123 (42.4 %) | 290 (100 %) |
Chi-square, Likelihood Ratio (χ 2LR ) = 32.236; degree of freedom (df) = 2; P value (P) = 0.000. (Significant) | χ 2LR = 14.194; df = 2; P = 0.001. (Significant) | χ 2LR = 3.614; df = 2; P = 0.164. (Non-significant association) | |||||||