Demographics | Frequency (n) | Heard about Bilharzia (%) | P-value | Know the local name of the disease (%) | P-Value | Think other children are aware of the disease (%) | P-Value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Don’t Know | Bilharzia | No | Yes | ||||||
Age | 6–9 | 282 | 65 | 35 | 0.001 | 51 | 49 | 0.09 | 75 | 25 | ≤ 0.001 |
10–13 | 198 | 49 | 51 | 43 | 57 | 59 | 41 | ||||
Total | 480 | 57 | 43 | 53 | 53 | 67 | 33 | ||||
Gender | Females | 245 | 58 | 42 | 0.001 | 48 | 49 | 0.99 | 69 | 31 | 0.83 |
Males | 235 | 59 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 68 | 32 | ||||
Total | 480 | 59 | 42 | 48 | 51 | 69 | 32 | ||||
Village | Mohembo | 101 | 49 | 51 | 0.001 | 23 | 77 | 0.001 | 66 | 34 | ≤ 0.001 |
Ngarange | 68 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 53 | 52 | 48 | ||||
Samochima | 93 | 69 | 31 | 50 | 50 | 80 | 20 | ||||
Sekondomboro | 63 | 79 | 21 | 67 | 33 | 83 | 18 | ||||
Sepopa | 55 | 47 | 53 | 64 | 36 | 47 | 53 | ||||
Xakao | 99 | 59 | 41 | 53 | 47 | 73 | 27 | ||||
Total | 480 | 58 | 42 | 51 | 49 | 67 | 33 | ||||
Health education status | No health education | 297 | 93 | 19 | 0.001 | 59 | 41 | 0.001 | 88 | 12 | ≤ 0.001 |
Had health education | 183 | 11 | 89 | 30 | 70 | 35 | 65 | ||||
Total | 480 | 54 | 52 | 45 | 56 | 62 | 39 |