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Table 6 Knowledge about the curable of TB 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 think TB is curable?

Variables

No

48(21.3%)

Yes

177 (78.7%)

  
 

N (%)

N (%)

χ2/Fisher exact value

p-value

Age in years

  

3.807

0.040

 ≤ 25

16(15.5)

87(84.5)

  

 ≥ 26

32(26.2)

90(73.8)

  

Educational status

  

2.413

0.299

 Illiterate

10(31.3)

22(68.8)

  

 Primary

23(20.9)

87(79.1)

  

 Secondary and higher

15(18.1)

68(81.9)

  

Marital status

  

0.053

0.818

 Ever married

44(21.2)

164(78.8)

  

 Unmarried

04(23.5)

13(76.5)

  

Type of residence

  

1.551

0.460

 Rural

13(16.7)

65(83.3)

  

 Urban

23(23.7)

74(76.3)

  

 Slum

12(24.0)

38(76.0)

  

Type of family

  

0.386

0.535

 Single

47(21.7)

170(78.3)

  

 Joint

01(12.5)

07(87.5)

  

Type of client

  

3.797

0.150

 Transport workers

10(32.3)

21(67.7)

  

 Small traders

25(17.6)

117(82.4)

  

 Service holder

13(25.0)

39(75.0)

  

Sex trade place

  

0.550

0.760

 Residence

07(26.9)

19(73.1)

  

 Hotel

30(20.7)

115(79.3)

  

 Street

11(20.4)

43(79.6)

  

Monthly income in BDT

  

9.471

0.002

 < 8000

42(26.9)

114(73.1)

  

 ≥ 8000

06(8.7)

63(91.3)