A Community-Level Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about Dengue Fever and the Identification of Mosquito Breeding Containers in Dire Dawa City of Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Participants’ response concerning prior information, sign and symptoms, causative agent, and transmission of DF (n = 1174).
Variables
Categories
Have prior information about DF
Measure signs and symptoms of DF
Virus as the causative agent of DF
DF is transmitted by mosquito bite
No (%)
Yes (%)
χ2
value
Knew ≤3(%)
Knew >3(%)
χ2
value
No (%)
Yes (%)
χ2
value
No (%)
Yes (%)
χ2
value
Sex
Male
4.7
95.3
0.022
0.883
48.7
51.3
2.03
0.154
8.2
19.8
1.966
0.161
34.7
65.3
3.71
0.054
Female
4.9
95.1
53.0
47.0
83.4
16.6
40.3
59.7
Age
18–24
5.6
94.4
10.54
0.229
61.2
38.8
30.6
0.000
83.7
16.3
10.04
0.262
39.9
60.1
6.75
0.240
25–34
3.2
96.8
54.4
45.6
82.3
17.7
35.4
64.6
35–44
4.4
95.6
43.1
56.9
79.4
20.6
36.6
63.4
45–54
8.0
92.0
45.3
54.7
86.9
13.1
41.6
58.4
55–64
5.5
94.5
53.5
46.5
80.3
19.7
40.2
59.8
≥65
10.0
90.0
70.0
30.0
90.0
10.0
60.0
40.0
Marital status
Single
3.7
96.3
3.227
0.358
56.3
43.7
4.42
0.220
80.0
20.0
6.467
0.091
43.7
56.3
16.5
0.001
Married
5.2
94.8
49.5
50.5
82.3
17.7
34.4
65.6
Divorced
9.7
90.3
58.1
41.9
74.2
25.8
51.6
48.4
Widowed
2.8
97.2
49.3
50.7
91.5
8.5
52.1
47.9
Education level
No formal educated
10.0
90.0
26.16
0.000
61.4
38.6
28.6
0.000
88.8
11.2
39.14
0.000
53.7
46.3
50.8
0.000
Primary
5.6
94.4
55.3
44.7
85.3
14.7
37.9
62.1
Secondary
2.7
97.3
47.3
52.7
81.8
18.2
35.7
64.3
Graduated
0.6
99.4
37.3
62.7
66.3
33.7
20.1
79.9
Occupation
Farmer
18.8
81.2
34.01
0.000
71.9
28.1
18.1
0.012
84.4
15.6
28.94
0.000
53.1
46.9
23.9
0.001
Employee
1.1
98.9
47.5
52.5
71.6
28.4
27.9
72.1
Merchant
2.2
97.8
46.3
53.7
82.9
17.1
32.1
67.9
Housewife
8.0
92.0
48.5
51.5
87.2
12.8
43.4
56.6
Self-employee
7.1
92.9
56.1
43.9
76.8
23.2
45.2
54.8
Daily laborer
1.8
98.2
51.8
48.2
82.1
17.9
39.3
60.7
No occupation
5.0
96.0
61.0
39.0
88.7
11.3
42.1
57.9
value <0.05 implicates significant association between the variables, whereas value ≥0.05 indicates nonsignificant association between variables.
