Table 4 Association between Knowledge of myocardial infarction concerning respondent’s demographic characters.
Respondents characters | No of Respondents | Knowledge levels | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good 217(50.7%) | Poor 211(49.3%) | |||
Gender Male Female | Count % within gender % within two levels Count % within gender % within two levels | 164 58.6% 75.6% 53 35.8% 24.4% | 116 41.4% 55.0% 95 64.2% 45.0% | < 0.001 |
Age 18–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55 > 55 | Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels Count % within age % within two levels | 33 35.9% 15.2% 67 57.3% 30.9% 26 36.1% 12.3% 35 47.3% 16.6% 15 48.4% 7.1% 10 52.6% 4.7% 6 54.5% 2.8% 10 83.3% 4.7% | 59 64.1% 28.0% 50 42.7% 23.7% 46 63.9% 21.2% 39 52.7% 18.0% 16 51.6% 7.4% 9 47.4% 4.1% 5 45.5% 2.3% 2 16.7% 0.9% | 0.004 |
Education Less than secondary Secondary University | Count % within education % within two levels Count % within education % within two levels Count % within education % within two levels | 4 80.0% 1.9% 38 29.7% 17.5% 178 60.3% 82.0% | 1 20.0% 0.5% 90 70.3% 42.7% 117 39.7% 55.5% | < 0.001 |
Marital status Single Married Divorced/ Windowed | Count % within marital status % within two levels Count % within marital status % within two levels Count % within marital status % within two levels | 33 36.3% 15.2% 180 55.2% 82.9% 4 36.4% 1.8% | 58 63.7% 27.5% 146 44.8% 69.2% 7 63.6% 3.3% | 0.004 |
