Table 2 Comparison of respondents’ knowledge of zoonotic disease with sociodemographic factors (n = 350)
| Â | Category | Response | Do you know the following zoonotic disease? | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthrax F (%) | X2 | P- value | Rabies F (%) | X2 | P- value | Brucellosis F (%) | X2 | P- value | Tuberculosis F (%) | X2 | P- value | |||
Sex | Male (n = 240) | Yes | 118(48.2%) | 3.737 | 0.050* | 194(79. 2%) | 0. 458 |  | 55(22.4%) | 0.029 | 0.864 | 207(84.5%) | 3.439 | 0. 064 |
Female (n = 110) | Yes | 40(36.4%) |  | 83(75.4%) |  | 26(23.6%) | 81(73.6%) | |||||||
Residence | Urban (n = 131) | Yes | 66(50.4%) | 2.509 | 0. 285 | 109(83.2%) | 1.199 | 0.549 | 29(22.1%) | 0.693 | 0. 707 | 117(89.3%) | 8.254 | 0. 016* |
Rural (n = 219) | Yes | 91(41.5%) | 169(77.2%) | 53(24.2%) | 172(78.5%) | |||||||||
Education level | Illiterate (n = 132) | Yes | 54(40.9%) | 39.272 | 0. 000* | 99(75%) | 10.430 | 0. 034* | 31(23.5%) | 1.455 | 0.835 | 105(79.5%) | 11.159 | 0.025* |
Elementary (n = 83) | Yes | 26(31.3%) | 69(83.1%) | 20(24.1%) | 63(75.9%) | |||||||||
High school (n = 60) | Yes | 20(33.3%) | 40(66.7%) | 11(18.3%) | 48(80%) | |||||||||
Preparatory (n = 50) | Yes | 44(88%) | 47(94%) | 12(24%) | 42(84%) | |||||||||
|  | diploma and above (n = 25) | Yes | 12(48%) |  |  | 21(84%) |  |  | 7(28%) |  |  | 20(80%) |  |  |
Occupation | Teacher (n = 23) | Yes | 5(21.7%) | 14.932 | 0. 002* | 9(39.1%) | 3.031 | 0.387 | 2(8.7%) | 1.267 | 0.737 | 9(39.1%) | 24.831 | 0.000* |
Student (n = 85) | Yes | 60(70.6%) | 82(96.5%) | 23(27.1%) | 81(89.4%) | |||||||||
Farmer (n = 200) | Yes | 77(38.5%) | 154(77%) | 51(25.5%) | 149(74.5%) | |||||||||
Other (n = 42) | Yes | 16(38.1%) | 33(78.6%) | 7(16.7%) | 33 (78.6%) | |||||||||