Table 8 Association between level of knowledge and socio economic and demographic factors among FSWs
Level of knowledge about TB | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Poor, 95(42.2%) | Fair, 113 (50.2%) | Good, 17(7.6%) | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | χ2/Fisher exact value | p-value | |
Age in years | |||||
≤ 25 | 43(41.7) | 55(53.4) | 5(4.9) | 2.226 | 0.329 |
≥ 26 | 52(42.6) | 58(47.5) | 12(9.8) | ||
Educational status | |||||
Illiterate | 26(81.2) | 5(15.6) | 1(3.1) | 36.209 | 0.0001 |
Primary | 49(44.5) | 57(51.8) | 4(3.6) | ||
Secondary and higher | 20(24.1) | 51(61.4) | 12(14.5) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Ever married | 89(42.8) | 104(50.0) | 15(50.0) | 0.667 | 0.716 |
Unmarried | 6(35.3) | 9(52.9) | 2(11.8) | ||
Type of residence | |||||
Rural | 30(38.5) | 44(56.4) | 4(5.1) | 3.126 | 0.537 |
Urban | 42(43.3) | 45(46.4) | 10(10.3) | ||
Slum | 23(46.0) | 24(48.0) | 3(6.0) | ||
Type of family | |||||
Single | 93(42.9) | 108(49.8) | 16(7.4) | 1.100 | 0.577 |
Joint | 2(25.0) | 5(62.5) | 1(12.5) | ||
Type of client | |||||
Transport workers | 14(45.2) | 16(51.6) | 1(3.2) | 5.012 | 0.286 |
Small traders | 54(38.0) | 74(52.1) | 14(9.9) | ||
Service holder | 27(51.9) | 23(44.2) | 2(3.8) | ||
Sex trade place | |||||
Residence | 7(26.9) | 15(57.7) | 4(15.4) | 8.273 | 0.078 |
Hotel | 58(40.0) | 77(53.1) | 10(6.9) | ||
Street | 30(55.6) | 21(38.9) | 3(5.6) | ||
Monthly income in BDT | |||||
< 8000 | 72(46.2) | 71(45.5) | 13(8.3) | 4.516 | 0.105 |
≥ 8000 | 23(33.3) | 42(60.9) | 4(5.8) | ||