Table 3 Prevalence of correct knowledge of TB transmission by individual and community characteristics MDHS 2015–16
Variable | Over all n (%) 28,862 (100.00) | No n (%) 11,124 (38.54) | Yes n (%) 17,738 (61.46) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual-level factors | ||||
Sex | <.0001 | |||
Male | 6937 (24.46) | 2522 (22.67) | 4415 (24.89) | |
Female | 21,925 (75.96) | 8602 (77.33) | 13,323 (75.11) | |
Age (years) | <.0001 | |||
< 25 | 11,729 (40.64) | 4869 (43.77) | 6860 (38.67) | |
25–34 | 8908 (30.86) | 3202 (28.78) | 5706 (32.17) | |
35–44 | 6067 (21.02) | 2220 (19.96) | 3847 (21.69) | |
≥ 45 | 2158 (7.48) | 833 (7.49) | 1325 (7.47) | |
Educational level | <.0001 | |||
No education | 2651 (9.19) | 1238 (11.13) | 1413 (7.97) | |
Primary | 17,094 (59.23) | 7348 (66.06) | 9746 (54.94) | |
Secondary or high | 9117 (31.59) | 2538 (22.82) | 6579 (37.09) | |
Wealth index† | <.0001 | |||
Poorest | 4570 (15.83) | 2076 (18.66) | 2494 (14.06) | |
Poorer | 5028 (17.42) | 2140 (19.24) | 2888 (16.28) | |
Middle | 5310 (18.40) | 2154 (19.36) | 3156 (17.79) | |
Richer | 5907 (20.47) | 2308 (20.75) | 3599 (20.29) | |
Richest | 8047 (27.88) | 2446 (21.99) | 5601 (31.58) | |
Religion | <.0001 | |||
Roman catholic | 5215 (18.07) | 2020 (18.16) | 3195 (18.01) | |
CCAP | 4770 (16.53) | 1680 (15.10) | 3090 (17.42) | |
Anglican | 1494 (5.18) | 564 (5.07) | 930 (5.24) | |
Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist | 2170 (7.52) | 716 (6.44) | 1454 (8.20) | |
Other Christian | 11,991 (41.55) | 4946 (44.44) | 7048 (39.73) | |
Muslim | 2928 (10.14) | 1081 (9.72) | 1874 (10.41) | |
No religion/other | 294 (1.02) | 120 (1.08) | 174 (0.98) | |
Marital status | 0.5732 | |||
Never in union | 7101 (24.60) | 2755 (24.77) | 4346 (24.50) | |
Currently in union | 14,443 (64.27) | 7158 (64.35) | 11,393 (64.23) | |
Formerly in union | 2956 (11.12) | 1211 (10.89) | 1999 (11.27) | |
Amount of media exposure‡ | <.0001 | |||
0 | 10,122 (35.07) | 4291 (38.57) | 5831 (32.87) | |
1 | 8785 (30.44) | 3563 (32.03) | 5222 (29.44) | |
2 | 6145 (21.29) | 2215 (19.91) | 3930 (22.16) | |
3 | 3810 (13.20) | 1055 (9.48) | 2755 (15.53) | |
Occupation | <.0001 | |||
Not working | 8108 (28.09) | 3094 (27.81) | 5014 (28.27) | |
Professional/technical/managerial | 1770 (6.11) | 401 (3.60) | 1369 (7.72) | |
Clerical/sales/services | 2015 (6.98) | 720 (6.47) | 1295 (7.30) | |
Agricultural employee | 11,149 (38.63) | 4799 (43.14) | 6350 (35.80) | |
Skilled manual | 1135 (3.93) | 384 (3.45) | 751 (4.23) | |
Unskilled manual | 4685 (16.23) | 1726 (15.52) | 2959 (16.68) | |
Tuberculosis can be cured | <.0001 | |||
No | 5385 (18.66) | 2927 (26.31) | 2458 (13.86) | |
Yes | 23,477 (81.34) | 8197 (73.69) | 15,280 (86.14) | |
Community-level factors | ||||
Place of residence | <.0001 | |||
Urban | 6517 (22.58) | 1925 (17.30) | 4592 (25.89) | |
Rural | 22,345 (77.42) | 9199 (82.70) | 13,146 (74.11) | |
Geographical region | <.0001 | |||
Northern | 5733 (19.86) | 2671 (24.01) | 3062 (17.26) | |
Central | 10,146 (35.15) | 4031 (36.24) | 6115 (34.47) | |
Southern | 12,983 (44.98) | 4422 (39.74) | 8561 (48.26) | |
Ethnicity | <.0001 | |||
Chewa | 8723 (30.22) | 3558 (31.98) | 5165 (29.12) | |
Tumbuka | 3073 (10.65) | 1361 (12.23) | 1712 (9.65) | |
Lomwe | 5379 (18.64) | 1704 (15.32) | 3675 (20.72) | |
Tonga | 1124 (3.89) | 554 (4.98) | 570 (3.21) | |
Yao | 3041 (10.54) | 1080 (9.71) | 1961 (11.06) | |
Sena | 1248 (4.32) | 461 (9.71) | 787 (4.44) | |
Nkhonde | 411 (1.42) | 170 (1.53) | 241 (1.36) | |
Ngoni | 3707 (12.84) | 1353 (12.16) | 2354 (13.27) | |
Mang’anja | 677 (2.35) | 240 (2.16) | 437 (2.46) | |
Nyanja | 606 (2.10) | 243 (2.18) | 363 (2.05) | |
Other | 873 (3.02) | 400 (3.60) | 473 (2.67) | |