From: Knowledge, attitude and associated factors towards tuberculosis in Lesotho: a population based study
Variables | Adequate knowledge N (%) | χ2 | P-Value | Positive Attitude N (%) | χ2 | P-Value |
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Total | 5536 (59.9) | 6462 (72.8) | ||||
Age | 73.964 | < 0.001 | 90.220 | < 0.001 | ||
15–24 | 224 (40.6) | 2606 (40.3) | ||||
25–34 | 1678 (30.3) | 1969 (30.5) | ||||
35–44 | 1165 (21.0) | 1395 (21.6) | ||||
45–49 | 447 (8.1) | 492 (7.6) | ||||
Type of Place of residence | 114.531 | < 0.001 | 65.671 | < 0.001 | ||
Urban | 2081 (37.6) | 2321 (35.9) | ||||
Rural | 3455 (62.4) | 4141 (64.1) | ||||
Educational status | 484.179 | < 0.001 | 104.108 | < 0.001 | ||
No education | 94 (1.7) | 190 (2.9) | ||||
Primary | 1907 (34.4) | 2482 (38.4) | ||||
secondary | 2944 (53.2) | 3212 (49.7) | ||||
Higher | 591 (10.7) | 578 (8.9) | ||||
Religion | 38.796 | < 0.001 | 6.4996 | < 0.090 | ||
No religion | 102 (1.8) | 160 (2.5) | ||||
Christian | 5366 (96.9) | 6217 (96.2) | ||||
Islam | 12 (0.2) | 15 (0.2) | ||||
Other | 56 (1.0) | 70 (1.1) | ||||
Current Marital Status | 68.44 | < 0.001 | ||||
Never Married | 2003 (36.2) | 2436 (37.7) | 22.209 | < 0.001 | ||
Currently Married/Cohabiting | 2878 (52.0) | 3293 (51.0) | ||||
Formerly Married/Cohabiting | 655 (11.8) | 733 (11.3) | ||||
Wealth index | 253.894 | < 0.001 | 84.460 | < 0.001 | ||
Poor | 1573 (28.4) | 2046 (31.7) | ||||
Middle | 1129 (20.4) | 1311 (20.3) | ||||
Rich | 2834 (51.2) | 3105 (48.1) | ||||
Media Exposure | 169.86 | < 0.001 | 78.4 | < 0.001 | ||
No | 887 (16.0) | 1161 (18.0) | ||||
Yes | 4649 (84.0) | 5301 (82.0) | ||||
Occupation | 154.244 | < 0.001 | 52.855 | < 0.001 | ||
Agricultural | 397 (15.6) | 593 (19.3) | ||||
Non Agricultural | 2142 (84.4) | 2486 (80.79) |