Table 1 Summary of socio-demographic distribution and knowledge, attitude and preventive practice towards TB, Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Category | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good knowledge | Poor knowledge | Favorable attitude | Unfavorable attitude | Good practice | Poor practice | ||||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age | < 21 | 35 | 67.3 | 17 | 32.7 | 43 | 82.7 | 9 | 17.3 | 39 | 75.0 | 13 | 25.0 | 52 | 12.9 |
21–30 | 97 | 64.7 | 53 | 35.3 | 103 | 68.7 | 47 | 31.3 | 87 | 58.0 | 63 | 42.0 | 150 | 37.2 | |
31–40 | 47 | 56.0 | 37 | 44.0 | 53 | 63.1 | 31 | 36.9 | 38 | 45.2 | 46 | 54.8 | 84 | 20.8 | |
41–50 | 37 | 61.7 | 23 | 38.3 | 41 | 68.3 | 19 | 31.7 | 31 | 51.7 | 29 | 48.3 | 60 | 14.9 | |
51–60 | 17 | 43.6 | 22 | 56.4 | 23 | 59.0 | 16 | 41.0 | 15 | 38.5 | 24 | 61.5 | 39 | 9.7 | |
> 60 | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 72.2 | 7 | 38.9 | 11 | 61.1 | 6 | 33.3 | 12 | 66.7 | 18 | 4.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 65 | 60.7 | 42 | 39.3 | 53 | 49.5 | 54 | 50.5 | 47 | 43.9 | 60 | 56.1 | 107 | 26.6 |
Married | 113 | 41.4 | 160 | 58.6 | 157 | 57.5 | 116 | 42.5 | 179 | 65.6 | 94 | 34.4 | 273 | 67.7 | |
Divorced | 7 | 41.2 | 10 | 58.8 | 11 | 61.1 | 6 | 35.3 | 9 | 52.9 | 8 | 47.1 | 17 | 4.2 | |
Widowed | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 83.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 6 | 1.5 | |
Educational status | Cannot read and write | 31 | 24.6 | 95 | 75.4 | 49 | 38.9 | 77 | 61.1 | 55 | 43.7 | 71 | 56.3 | 126 | 31.3 |
Can read and write | 185 | 66.8 | 92 | 33.2 | 193 | 69.7 | 84 | 30.3 | 169 | 61.0 | 108 | 39.0 | 277 | 68.7 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 189 | 51.6 | 177 | 48.4 | 251 | 68.6 | 115 | 31.4 | 198 | 54.1 | 168 | 45.9 | 366 | 90.8 |
Muslim | 12 | 52.2 | 11 | 47.8 | 14 | 60.9 | 9 | 39.1 | 10 | 43.5 | 13 | 56.5 | 23 | 5.7 | |
Protestant | 9 | 64.3 | 5 | 35.7 | 8 | 57.1 | 6 | 42.9 | 10 | 71.4 | 4 | 28.6 | 14 | 3.5 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 213 | 54.1 | 181 | 45.9 | 255 | 64.7 | 139 | 35.3 | 157 | 39.8 | 237 | 60.2 | 394 | 97.8 |
Othersa | 4 | 44.4 | 5 | 55.6 | 6 | 66.7 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 66.7 | 9 | 2.2 | |
Occupation | Government employee | 192 | 86.5 | 30 | 13.5 | 155 | 69.8 | 67 | 30.2 | 181 | 81.5 | 41 | 18.5 | 222 | 55.1 |
Farmer | 11 | 12.2 | 79 | 87.8 | 28 | 31.1 | 62 | 68.9 | 31 | 34.4 | 59 | 65.6 | 90 | 11.7 | |
Students | 57 | 70.4 | 24 | 29.6 | 62 | 76.5 | 19 | 23.5 | 43 | 53.1 | 38 | 46.9 | 81 | 15.1 | |
Othersb | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 70.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 10 | 9.9 | |
Monthly income (ETB) | < 1000 | 60 | 27.9 | 155 | 72.1 | 121 | 56.3 | 94 | 43.7 | 81 | 37.7 | 134 | 62.3 | 215 | 53.3 |
1000–3000 | 98 | 58.3 | 70 | 41.7 | 111 | 66.1 | 57 | 33.9 | 72 | 42.9 | 96 | 57.1 | 168 | 41.7 | |
> 3000 | 12 | 60.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 14 | 70.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 9 | 45.0 | 11 | 55.0 | 20 | 5 | |