Table 3

Association between knowledge and attitude with gender and socioeconomical characteristics

Attitude


Sociodemographic characteristics

N

Positive

Negative

OR

Χ2

p-value


Gender

Male

125

69(55.2%)

56(44.8%)

2.6

1.52, 4.62

0.001

Female

115

89(77.4%)

26(22.6%)

Socioeconomic class

Low

131

114(87%)

17(13%)

1.2

1.05, 1.37

0.005

High

109

79(72.5%)

30(26.5%)

Sociodemographic characteristics

Knowledge status

Good knowledge

Poor knowledgeable

Gender

Male

125

106(84.8%)

19(15.2%)

1

0.51, 2.11

0.928

Female

115

98(85.2%)

17(14.8%)

Socioeconomic class

Low

131

114(87%)

17(13%)

0.8

0.37,1.55

0.440

High

109

91(83.5%)

18(16.5%)


Shiferaw et al. BMC Research Notes 2011 4:505   doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-505

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