The prevalence of soil transmitted helminths and its influential factors in Shandong Province, China: an analysis of surveillance data from 2016 to 2020

Table 4 Comparison of STHs-related prevention knowledge, attitude, and behaviour in different groups

Group		Awareness rate of STHs-related prevention knowledge (%)					Adoption rate of STHs-related prevention attitudes and behaviours (%)
Group		Having heard of STHs	Knowing infection routes of roundworm/whipworm	Knowing infection routes of hookworm	Knowing harms of STHs	Knowing prevention measures for STHs	Washing hands before meals and after defecation	Not consuming raw water	Not fertilizing with fresh stool	Not working on farms barefooted	Willing to take deworming medicine	Willing to change dangerous behaviours
Sex	Male	64.09	56.27	32.92	83.78	65.85	95.91	88.35	84.57	88.82	96.54	54.33
	Female	59.69	56.32	30.55	80.67	65.39	96.01	89.17	85.19	93.16	96.30	59.69
	χ²	2.743	< 0.001	0.538	1.370	0.019	0.010	0.229	0.099	7.758	0.055	3.905
	P-value	0.098	0.986	0.463	0.242	0.891	0.922	0.632	0.753	0.005	0.814	0.048
Age Group (year)	10–39	70.98	65.75	41.44	89.50	74.03	98.04	88.24	90.59	92.94	96.08	56.08
	40–59	63.23	57.54	31.38	80.62	65.23	96.11	86.58	88.72	90.66	96.89	60.31
	≥ 60	56.34	49.69	26.56	79.69	61.25	94.89	91.02	78.87	90.67	96.13	54.75
	χ²	16.723	12.453	11.837	8.537	8.409	4.538	5.447	28.354	1.318	0.551	3.549
	P-value	< 0.001	0.002	0.003	0.014	0.015	0.103	0.066	< 0.001	0.517	0.759	0.170
Region	Northern	53.71	48.48	26.26	82.49	70.37	97.11	96.20	95.12	96.93	98.55	67.27
	Eastern	64.82	49.15	14.96	77.35	52.99	94.74	83.10	68.98	88.64	96.12	63.99
	Southern	69.74	69.83	50.51	85.76	70.85	95.51	83.92	85.11	85.58	93.85	38.06
	χ²	28.027	34.192	82.525	6.339	23.085	3.492	52.283	116.407	41.737	15.414	92.954
	P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.042	< 0.001	0.174	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

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