Background
Methods
Sample size determination
Sampling technique and analysis
Results
Is TB communicable disease? | ||||||
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Variables | Group | Yes, 432 (51.5 %) | No, 283 (33.7 %) | No idea, 124 (14.8 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 383 (50.9 %) | 255 (33.9 %) | 114 (15.2 %) | 1.218 | 0.544 |
Hindu | 49 (56.32 %) | 28(33.7 %) | 10(12.0 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 307 (53.7 %) | 178 (31.1 %) | 87 (15.2 %) | 5.52 | 0.043 |
Female | 125 (46.8 %) | 105 (39.3 %) | 37 (13.9 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 71(53.8 %) | 38(28.8 %) | 23(17.4 %) | 7.25 | 0.298 |
Primary | 69(50.4 %) | 45(32.8 %) | 23(16.8 %) | |||
Secondary | 105(52.5 %) | 61(30.5 %) | 34(17.0 %) | |||
Higher | 187(50.5 %) | 139(37.6 %) | 44(11.9 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 314(53.1 %) | 182(30.8 %) | 95(16.1 %) | 8.42 | 0.015 |
Urban | 118(47.6 %) | 101(40.7 %) | 29(11.7 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 349(52.2 %) | 231(34.5 %) | 89(13.3 %) | 5.79 | 0.045 |
Joint Family | 83(48.8 %) | 52(30.6 %) | 35(20.6 %) |
Which agent is responsible for TB disease? | |||||||
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Variables | Group | Bacteria, 359 (42.8 %) | Virus, 272 (32.4 %) | Other, 18 (2.1 %) | Don’t know, 190 (22.6 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 320(42.6 %) | 239(41.8 %) | 17(2.3 %) | 176(23.4 %) | 3.294 | 0.349 |
Hindu | 39(44.9 %) | 33(37.9 %) | 01(1.2 %) | 14(16.1 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 229(40.0 %) | 185(32.3 %) | 14(2.4 %) | 144(25.2 %) | 9.030 | 0.029 |
Female | 130(48.7 %) | 87(32.6 %) | 4(1.5 %) | 46(17.2 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 48(36.4 %) | 47(35.6 %) | 2(1.5 %) | 35(26.5 %) | 11.992 | 0.214 |
Primary | 53(38.7 %) | 42(30.7 %) | 4(2.9 %) | 38(27.7 %) | |||
Secondary | 79(39.5 %) | 68(34.0 %) | 5(2.5 %) | 48(24.0 %) | |||
Higher | 179(48.4 %) | 115(31.1 %) | 7(1.9 %) | 69(18.6 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 238(40.3 %)) | 201(34.0 %) | 15(2.5 %) | 137(23.2 %) | 6.213 | 0.102 |
Urban | 121(48.8 %) | 71(28.6 %) | 3(1.2 %) | 53(21.4 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 300(44.8 %) | 213(31.8 %) | 13(1.9 %) | 143(21.4 %) | 6.583 | 0.046 |
Joint Family | 59(34.7 %) | 59(34.7 %) | 5(2.9 %) | 47(27.6 %) |
Do you think about TB as curable disease? | |||||
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Variables | Group | Yes 819 (97.6 %) | No 20 (2.4 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 733(97.5 %) | 19(2.5 %) | 0.636 | 0.425 |
Hindu | 86(98.9 %) | 01(1.1 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 553(96.7 %) | 19(3.3 %) | 6.795 | 0.009 |
Female | 266(99.6 %) | 01(.4 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 124(93.9 %) | 08(6.1 %) | 13.176 | 0.004 |
Primary | 135(98.5 %) | 02(1.5 %) | |||
Secondary | 193(96.5 %) | 07(3.5 %) | |||
Higher | 367(99.2 %) | 03(.8 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 578(97.8 %) | 13(2.2 %) | 0.291 | 0.589 |
Urban | 241(97.2 %) | 07(2.8 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 653(97.6 %) | 16(2.4 %) | 0.001 | 0.976 |
Joint Family | 166(97.6 %) | 4(2.4) |
Do you know about latent TB? | |||||
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Variables | Group | Yes, 115 (13.7 %) | No, 724 (86.3 %) | χ2-value | p-value |
Religion | Muslim | 103(13.7 %) | 649(86.3 %) | 0.001 | 0.980 |
Hindu | 12(13.79 %) | 75(86.21 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 88(15.4 %) | 484(84.6 %) | 4.28 | 0.039 |
Female | 27(10.1 %) | 240(89.9 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 15(11.4 %) | 117(88.6 %) | 2.41 | 0.492 |
Primary | 16(11.7 %) | 121(88.3 %) | |||
Secondary | 33(16.5 %) | 167(83.5 %) | |||
Higher | 51(13.8 %) | 319(86.2 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 83(14.0 %) | 508(86.0 %) | .192 | 0.661 |
Urban | 32(12.9 %) | 216(87.1 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 94(14.1 %) | 575(85.9 %) | 0.330 | 0.565 |
Joint Family | 21(12.4 %) | 149(87.6 %) |
Do you know about DOTs Program? | |||||
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Variables | Group | Yes, 767 (91.4 %) | No, 72 (8.6 %) | χ2-value | P-value |
Religion | Muslim | 206(27.4 %) | 546(72.6 %) | 4.250 | 0.039 |
Hindu | 33(37.9 %) | 54(62.1 %) | |||
Gender | Male | 177(30.9 %) | 395(69.1 %) | 5.330 | 0.021 |
Female | 62(23.2 %) | 205(76.8 %) | |||
Parents’ education | No Education | 40(30.3 %) | 92(69.7 %) | 0.354 | 0.950 |
Primary | 38(27.7 %) | 99(72.3 %) | |||
Secondary | 58(29.0 %) | 142(71.0 %) | |||
Higher | 103(27.8 %) | 267(72.2 %) | |||
Residence | Rural | 177(29.9 %) | 414(70.1 %) | 2.101 | 0.147 |
Urban | 62(25.0 %) | 186(75.0 %) | |||
Type of family | Single Family | 202(30.2 %) | 467(69.8 %) | 4.728 | 0.030 |
Joint Family | 37(21.8 %) | 133(78.2 %) |