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Table 5 Knowledge about TB transmission and its association with socio economic and demographic factors

From: Knowledge of tuberculosis among female sex workers in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh: a cross sectional study

Do you know how to spread TB?

Variables

No

172(76.4%)

Yes

53 (23.6%)

  
 

N (%)

N (%)

χ2/Fisher exact value

p-value

Age in years

  

1.806

0.179

 ≤ 25

83(80.6)

20(19.4)

  

 ≥ 26

89(73.0)

33(27.0)

  

Educational status

  

13.845

0.001

 Illiterate

30(93.8)

02(6.3)

  

 Primary

89(80.9)

21(19.1)

  

 Secondary and higher

53(63.9)

30(36.1)

  

Marital status

  

0.000

0.998

 Ever married

159(76.4)

49(23.6)

  

 Unmarried

13(76.5)

4(23.5)

  

Type of residence

  

3.343

0.188

 Rural

64(82.1)

14(17.9)

  

 Urban

74(76.3)

23(23.7)

  

 Slum

34(68.0)

16(32.0)

  

Type of family

  

0.010

0.922

 Single

166(76.5)

51(23.5)

  

 Joint

06(75.0)

02(25.0)

  

Type of client

  

1.637

0.441

 Transport workers

24(77.4)

07(22.6)

  

 Small traders

105(73.9)

37(26.1)

  

 Service holder

43(82.7)

09(17.3)

  

Sex trade place

  

5.441

0.041

 Residence

17(65.4)

09(34.6)

  

 Hotel

108(74.5)

37(25.5)

  

 Street

47(87.0)

07(13.0)

  

Monthly income in BDT

  

1.229

0.268

 < 8000

116(74.4)

40(25.6)

  

 ≥ 8000

56(81.2)

13(18.8)