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Table 5 Association between the respondents’ knowledge score and the demographic data

From: Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and practice relating to schistosomiasis in two subtypes of a mountainous region of the People’s Republic of China

Characteristics

Yongle (n = 1956)

OR, 95% CI

Xinzhuang (n = 778)

OR, 95% CI

Scores ≤ 3, n (%)

Scores > 3, n (%)

Scores ≤ 3, n (%)

Scores > 3, n (%)

Age group

      

 5 – 15

155 (7.9)

270 (13.8)

17.4 [12.3,24.6]

40 (5.1)

82 (10.5)

22.3 [16.1,30.8]

 16 – 30

21 (1.1)

397 (20.3)

0.4 [0.2,0.6]

0 (0)

111 (14.3)

79.5 [27.7,227.9]

 31 – 45

13 (0.7)

637 (32.6)

0.1 [0.1,0.2]

3 (0.4)

285 (36.6)

0.1 [0.03,0.4]

 46 – 65

13 (0.7)

434 (22.2)

0.2 [0.1,0.4]

1 (0.1)

246 (31.6)

0.04 [0.01,0.3]

 ≥66

2 (0.1)

14 (0.7)

1.2 [0.2,3.6]

0 (0)

10 (1.3)

-

Education

      

 Illiterate

14 (0.7)

193 (9.9)

0.6 [0.3,1.0]

3 (0.4)

124 (15.9)

0.4 [0.1,1.1]

 Primary

145 (7.4)

798 (40.8)

2.9 [2.1,4.0]

37 (4.8)

357 (45.9)

5.6 [2.5,12.7]

 Junior High

40 (2)

676 (34.6)

0.4 [0.3,0.6]

4 (0.5)

221 (28.4)

0.2 [0.08,0.7]

 Senior High

4 (0.2)

76 (3.9)

0.4 [0.2,1.2]

0 (0)

26 (3.3)

0.4

 College and above

1 (0.1)

9 (0.5)

0.9 [0.1,7.6]

0 (0.0)

6 (0.8)

1

Occupation

      

 Farming

50 (2.6)

1452 (74.2)

0.1 [0.04,0.09]

4 (0.5)

642 (82.5)

0.01 [0.01,0.04]

 Student

141 (7.2)

285 (14.6)

11.5 [8.3,15.9]

39 (5)

84 (10.8)

60.4 [23.1,157.4]

 Other

13 (0.7)

15 (0.8)

7.9 [3.7,16.8]

1 (0.1)

8 (1)

2.1 [0.3,17.3]