Research Article
Knowledge about Tuberculosis: A Precursor to Effective TB Control—Findings from a Follow-Up National KAP Study on Tuberculosis among Nigerians
Table 1
Study sites and background characteristics of respondents.
| | Variable | Ondo
| Benue
| Akwa Ibom
| Katsina
| Ebonyi
| Gombe
| Total
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| | Sex | | | Males | 200 (39.0) | 225 (43.5) | 292 (55.6) | 249 (48.1) | 159 (37.5) | 288 (55.1) | 1413 (46.8) | | Females | 313 (61.0) | 293 (56.5) | 233 (44.4) | 269 (51.9) | 265 (62.5) | 235 (44.9) | 1608 (53.2) | | Age | | | ≤20 | 65 (12.7) | 57 (11.0) | 60 (11.4) | 44 (8.5) | 20 (4.7) | 91 (17.4) | 337 (11.2) | | 21–30 | 223 (43.5) | 181 (34.9) | 216 (41.1) | 141 (27.2) | 117 (27.6) | 189 (36.1) | 1067 (35.3) | | 31–40 | 139 (27.1) | 132 (25.4) | 120 (22.9) | 155 (29.9) | 126 (29.7) | 123 (23.5) | 795 (26.3) | | 41–50 | 61 (11.9) | 77 (14.8) | 91 (17.3) | 115 (22.2) | 117 (27.6) | 66 (12.6) | 527 (17.4) | | >50 | 25 (4.9) | 72 (13.9) | 38 (7.2) | 63 (12.2) | 44 (10.4) | 54 (10.3) | 296 (9.8) | | Education | | | None | 19 (3.7) | 76 (14.6) | 28 (5.3) | 41 (7.9) | 106 (25.0) | 14 (2.7) | 284 (9.4) | | Quranic | 7 (1.4) | 37 (17.1) | 0 (0.0) | 203 (39.2) | 2 (0.5) | 188 (35.9) | 437 (14.5) | | Primary | 68 (13.3) | 137 (26.4) | 122 (23.2) | 73 (14.1) | 136 (32.1) | 62 (11.9) | 598 (19.8) | | Secondary | 287 (55.9) | 171 (32.9) | 237 (42.1) | 115 (22.2) | 137 (32.3) | 161 (30.8) | 1108 (36.7) | | Tertiary | 126 (24.6) | 97 (18.7) | 134 (25.5) | 85 (18.4) | 42 (90.9) | 90 (17.2) | 574 (19.0) | | Ability to read and write in English | | | Without any difficulty | 295 (57.5) | 264 (50.9) | 308 (58.7) | 152 (29.3) | 148 (34.9) | 212 (40.5) | 1379 (45.6) | | With difficulty | 171 (33.3) | 134 (25.8) | 160 (30.5) | 105 (20.3) | 138 (32.5) | 145 (27.7) | 853 (28.2) | | Cannot | 44 (8.6) | 119 (22.9) | 56 (10.7) | 257 (49.6) | 135 (31.8) | 163 (31.2) | 774 (25.6) | | Occupation | | | Schooling | 97 (18.9) | 32 (6,2) | 88 (16.8 ) | 38 (7.3) | 53 (12.5) | 77 (14.7) | 385 (12.7) | | Unemployed | 27 (5.3) | 117 (22.5) | 25 (4.8) | 79 (15.3) | 9 (2.1) | 95 (18.2) | 352 (11.6) | | Petty trading | 158 (30.8) | 104 (20.0) | 211 (40.2) | 208 (40.1) | 37 (8.7) | 94 (18.0) | 865 (28.6) | | Farming | 17 (3.3) | 96 (18.5) | 60 (11.4) | 62 (12.0) | 190 (44.8) | 95 (18.2) | 520 (17.2) | | Artisan | 110 (21.4) | 54 (10.4) | 63 (12.0) | 40 (7.8) | 34 (8.0) | 37 (7.1) | 349 (11.6) | | Civil servant | 71 (13.8) | 107 (20.6) | 58 (11.1) | 80 (15.4) | 36 (8.5) | 69 (13.2) | 411 (14.0) | | Mixed | 22 (4.3) | 9 (1.7) | 20 (3.8) | 9 (1.7) | 23 (2.8) | 56 (10.7) | 128 (4.2) | | Marital status | | | Single | 157 (30.6) | 92 (17.7) | 167 (31.8) | 65 (12.5) | 84 (19.8) | 101 (19.3) | 666 (22.0) | | Married | 345 (67.3) | 377 (72.6) | 337 (64.2) | 415 (80.1) | 332 (78.3) | 408 (78.0) | 2214 (73.3) | | Widowed | 7 (1.4) | 30 (5.8) | 11 (2.1) | 28 (5.4) | 5 (1.2) | 7 (1.3) | 88 (2.9) | | Divorced | 1 (0.2) | 8 (1.5) | 4 (0.8) | 8 (1.5) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 24 (0.8) | | Separated | 2 (0.4) | 10 (1.9) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (0.5) | | Other | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.2) | | Missing | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 5 (1.0) | 9 (0.3) | | Ethnicity | | | Hausa | 2 (0.4) | 72 (13.9) | 3 (0.6) | 483 (98.2) | 1 (0.2) | 144 (27.5) | 705 (23.3) | | Fulani | 1 (0.2) | 16 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 156 (29.8) | 207 (6.8) | | Igbo | 41 (8.0) | 38 (7.3) | 12 (2.3) | 41 (8.0) | 419 (48.8) | 4 (0.8) | 514 (17.0) | | Yoruba | 438 (85.4) | 13 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 438 (85.4) | 1 (0.2) | 8 (1.5) | 460 (15.2) | | Tiv | 0 (0.0) | 33 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 34 (1.1) | | Idoma | 6 (1.2) | 275 (53.0) | 5 (1.0) | 6 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 288 (9.5) | | Ibibio | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 348 (66.3) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 350 (11.6) | | Other | 24 (4.7) | 71 (13.7) | 157 (29.9) | 24 (4.7) | 1 (0.2) | 207 (39.4) | 461 (15.3) | | Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | | Religion | | | Christianity | 474 (92.6) | 365 (70.3) | 520 (99.0) | 3 (0.6) | 408 (96.2) | 44 (8.4) | 1815 (60.1) | | Islam | 28 (5.5) | 151 (29.1) | 1 (0.2) | 510 (98.5) | 3 (0.7) | 477 (91.2) | 1170 (38.7) | | Traditional | 8 (1.6) | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 12 (2.8) | 2 (0.4) | 26 (0.9) | | Other | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (0.2) | | Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) |
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