Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Prevention of Intestinal Helminth Infection among Residents of the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana

Table 5

Association between sociodemographic with knowledge, attitude, and practice.

	Poor knowledge (188)	Good knowledge (202)	Excellent knowledge (10)		Bad attitude (331)	Good attitude (60)	Very good attitude (9)		Unacceptable practices (335)	Acceptable practices (65)
Gender
Male	88 (46.8)	96 (47.5)	4 (40)	0.9	160 (48.3)	23 (38.3)	5 (55.6)	0.315	160 (47.8)	28 (43.1)	0.489
Female	100 (53.2)	106 (52.5)	6 (60)		171 (51.7)	37 (61.7)	4 (44.4)		175 (52.2)	37 (56.9)
Religion
Christian	136 (72.3)	140 (69.3)	8 (80)	0.11	230 (69.5)	46 (76.7)	8 (88.9)	0.738	236 (70.4)	48 (73.8)	0.078
Muslim	32 (17)	49 (24.3)	2 (20)		71 (21.5)	11 (18.3)	1 (11.1)		68 (20.3)	15 (23.1)
African religion	14 (7.5)	13 (6.4)	0 (0)		25 (7.5)	2 (3.3)	0 (0)		27 (8.1)	0 (0)
Others (none)	6 (3.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)		5 (1.5)	1 (1.7)	0 (0)		4 (1.2)	2 (3.1)
Marital status					331	60	9
Single	105 (55.9)	94 (46.5)	3 (30)	0.14	163 (49.3)	34 (56.7)	5 (55.6)	0.527	161 (48.1)	41 (63.1)
Married	80 (42.5)	100 (49.5)	7 (70)		160 (48.3)	23 (38.3)	4 (44.4)		163 (48.7)	24 (36.9)
Divorced	3 (1.6)	8 (4)	0 (0)		8 (2.4)	3 (5)	0 (0)		11 (3.2)	0 (0)
Age
≤30 years	123 (65.4)	106 (52.5)	4 (40)		194 (58.6)	35 (58.3)	4 (44.4)	0.787	188 (56.1)	45 (69.2)	0.226
30-40 years	50 (26.6)	67 (33.2)	5 (50)		101 (30.5)	16 (26.6)	5 (55.6)		105 (31.4)	17 (26.2)
41-50 years	13 (6.9)	20 (9.9)	0 (0)		26 (7.9)	7 (11.7)	0 (0)		30 (9)	3 (4.6)
51-60 years	2 (1.1)	6 (3)	0 (0)		7 (2.1)	1 (1.7)	0 (0)		8 (2.3)	0 (0)
>60 years	0 (0)	3 (1.4)	1 (10)		3 (0.9)	1 (1.7)	0 (0)		4 (1.2)	0 (0)
Occupation
Unemployed	61 (32.4)	53 (26.2)	1 (10)		91 (27.5)	21 (35)	3 (33.3)		94 (28.1)	21 (32.3)	0.467
Civil servants	23 (12.2)	53 (26.2)	6 (60)		57 (17.2)	19 (31.6)	6 (66.7)		70 (20.9)	12 (18.5)
Self-employed	52 (27.7)	45 (22.3)	1 (10)		88 (26.6)	10 (16.7)	0 (0)		84 (25.1)	14 (21.5)
Artisans	25 (13.3)	25 (12.4)	1 (10)		44 (13.3)	7 (11.7)	0 (0)		40 (11.8)	11 (16.9)
Farmers	5 (2.7)	9 (4.5)	0 (0)		14 (4.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)		14 (4.2)	0 (0)
Private employee	22 (11.7)	17 (8.4)	1 (10)		37 (11.2)	3 (5)	0 (0)		33 (9.9)	7 (10.8)
Education
No formal education	15 (8)	3 (1.5)	0 (0)		18 (5.4)	0 (0)	0 (0)		17 (5.1)	1	0.419
Primary	17 (9)	8 (4)	1 (10)		25 (7.6)	1 (1.7)	0 (0)		22 (6.6)	4
JHS	35 (18.6)	28 (13.9)	0 (0)		61 (18.5)	2 (3.3)	0 (0)		56 (16.7)	7
SHS	56 (29.8)	76 (37.6)	1 (10)		116 (35)	16 (26.7)	1 (11.1)		111 (33.1)	22
Tertiary	65 (34.6)	87 (43)	8 (80)		111 (33.5)	41 (68.3)	8 (88.9)		129 (38.5)	31

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