Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Finote Selam town, northwest Ethiopia, 2017
Characteristics | Frequency n = 1137(%) | Compressive knowledge | P-value | Attitude | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
Age | |||||||
30–34 | 372(32.7) | 249 | 123 | 0.003 | 163 | 209 | 0.142 |
35–39 | 366(32.2) | 241 | 125 | 0.001 | 130 | 236 | 0.001 |
40–44 | 200(17.6 | 145 | 55 | 0.137 | 83 | 117 | 0.80 |
45–49 | 199(17.5) | 157 | 42 | 100 | 99 | ||
Religion | |||||||
Orthodox | 1048(92.2) | 737 | 351 | 449 | 599 | ||
Muslim | 81(7.1) | 51 | 30 | 0.16 | 25 | 56 | 0.037 |
Protestant | 8(0.7) | 4 | 4 | 0.22 | 2 | 6 | 0.322 |
Marital status | |||||||
Married | 755(66.6) | 29 | 28 | 0.001 | 13 | 44 | 0.001 |
Divorced | 221(19.4) | 523 | 232 | 0.73 | 301 | 454 | 0.50 |
Windowed | 104(9.2) | 159 | 62 | 0.257 | 110 | 111 | 0.970 |
Single | 57(5) | 81 | 23 | 52 | 52 | ||
Educational status | |||||||
No formal education | 513(45.1) | 455 | 58 | 276 | 237 | ||
Primary school | 295(26) | 220 | 75 | .000 | 124 | 171 | .001 |
Secondary school (9–12) | 198(14) | 81 | 117 | .000 | 53 | 145 | .000 |
College/university | 131(11.5) | 36 | 95 | .000 | 23 | 108 | .000 |
Occupation | |||||||
Household activities | 530(46.) | 434 | 96 | 270 | 260 | ||
Self employed | 254(22.3) | 166 | 88 | .000 | 87 | 167 | 0.000 |
Farmerand daily worker | 169(15) | 132 | 37 | 0.27 | 74 | 95 | 0.11 |
Government employed | 98(8.6) | 22 | 76 | 0.000 | 16 | 82 | 0.000 |
Private employee | 73(6.4 | 31 | 42 | 0.000 | 27 | 46 | 0.027 |
Student | 13(1.1) | 7 | 6 | 0.017 | 2 | 11 | 0.024 |
Family average monthly incomea | |||||||
< 22 | 278(24.5) | 234 | 61 | 142 | 153 | ||
22–45 | 344(30.3) | 288 | 79 | 0.276 | 171 | 196 | 0.693 |
45–68 | 85(7.5) | 47 | 24 | .020 | 30 | 41 | 0.373 |
> 68 | 430(37.7) | 223 | 181 | .000 | 133 | 271 | .000 |