Table 3 Respondents’ knowledge of, attitude towards, and practice relating to schistosomiasis
Statement | Responses | Total | Yongle | Xinzhuang | χ 2 | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 2734 | N = 1956 | N = 778 | ||||
K1.Do you know what schistosomiasis is? | Yes | 90.2(61.6) | 88.7(60.2) | 94.2(66.4) | 19.6 | <0.001 |
No | 9.8(38.4) | 11.3(39.8) | 5.8(33.6) | |||
K2.Is schistosomiasis endemic in your area? | Correct | 90.9(65.4) | 89.7(65.6) | 94.1(64.8) | 13.2 | <0.001 |
Not correct | 9.1(34.6) | 10.3(34.4) | 5.9(35.2) | |||
K3.How do people get infected by schistosomiasis? | Correct | 76.8(46.6) | 71.3(42.8) | 90.9(59.8) | 129.6 | <0.001 |
Not correct | 23.2(53.4) | 28.7(51.2) | 9.1(40.2) | |||
K4.Do animals transmit schistosomiasis? | Correct | 93.6(76.8) | 92.9(76.2) | 95.2(78.7) | 7.5 | 0.024 |
Not correct | 6.4(23.2) | 7.1(23.8) | 4.8(21.3) | |||
K5.Which animals transmit schistosomiasis? | Bovines | 93.6(76.4) | 92.8(76) | 95.8(77.9) | 9.8 | 0.043 |
Other | 6.4(23.6) | 7.2(24) | 4.2(22.1) | |||
K6.Is schistosomiasis harmful? | Correct | 95.7(83.7) | 95(83.3) | 97.4(85.2) | 8.0 | 0.005 |
Not correct | 4.3(5.3) | 5.0(9.7) | 2.6(6.8) | |||
Other | 7.5(11) | 8.7(14) | 4.4(8) | |||
P1.Grazed (cattle or sheep) this year | No | 85.4(94.7) | 94.3(98.4) | 63.1(82) | 496.4 | <0.001 |
Occasionally* | 8.0(4.2) | 5.0(1.4) | 15.7(13.9) | |||
Frequently* | 6.6(1.1) | 0.8(0.2) | 21.2(4.1) | |||
P2.Came into contact with water from rivers/ditches/field? | Yes | 96.8(92.7) | 97.5(95.1) | 94.9(84.4) | 12.9 | <0.001 |
No | 3.2(7.3) | 2.5(4.9) | 5.1(15.6) | |||
P3.Left feces in open areas this year? | No | 34(58.3) | 35.4(59.5) | 30.3(54.1) | 32.6 | <0.001 |
Occasionally* | 64.7(41.5) | 64(40.5) | 66.5(45.1) | |||
Frequently* | 1.4(0.2) | 0.6(0) | 3.2(0.8) | |||
P4.Dug vegetables and cut grass in the field this year? | No | 22.3(0.2) | 23.4(0) | 19.5(64.7) | 110.7 | <0.001 |
Occasionally* | 31.1(58.5) | 35.8(56.9) | 19.0(27) | |||
Frequently* | 46.6(31.8) | 40.7(33.2) | 61.4(8.2) | |||
A1.Believes that schistosomiasis can be prevented | Yes | 87.9(60.5) | 86.4(61.6) | 91.8(56.6) | 15.1 | <0.001 |
No | 12.1(39.5) | 266(38.4) | 64(43.4) | |||
A2.Willing to be checked up by doctors | Yes | 99.2(97.3) | 98.9(96.5) | 100(100) | 8.5 | 0.004 |
No | 0.8(2.7) | 21(3.5) | 0(0) | |||
A3.How livestock will be kept | Fencing | 77.4(66.0) | 76.4(64) | 79.9(73) | 15.1 | 0.001 |
Free grazing | 15.1(4.6) | 14.9(3.8) | 15.7(7.4) | |||
Unknown | 7.5(29.4) | 8.7(32.2) | 4.4(19.7) |