Research Article
A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Determinants of Tuberculosis-Associated Stigma in Rural and Urban Communities of Lagos State, Nigeria
(a) Association between sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and tuberculosis associated stigma in the communities |
| | Variables | Rural () TB stigma (%) present () | Total | Urban () TB stigma (%) present () | Total | | value |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 184 (91.5) | 201 | 182 (95.8) | 190 | 0.77 | 0.439 | | Female | 173 (94.5) | 183 | 193 (95.5) | 202 | | | | Age | | | | | | | | <25 | 104 (95.4) | 109 | 73 (97.3) | 75 | 6.96 | 0.223 | | 25-34 | 129 (93.5) | 138 | 100 (89.3) | 112 | | | | 35-44 | 78 (88.6) | 88 | 113 (98.3) | 115 | | | | 45-54 | 27 (96.4) | 28 | 56 (98.2) | 57 | | | | 55-64 | 14 (93.3) | 15 | 19 (100) | 19 | | | | ≥65 | 5 (83.3) | 6 | 15 (100) | 15 | | | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | | Yoruba | 142 (97.3) | 146 | 280 (95.2) | 294 | 9.25 | 0.026 | | Igbo | 29 (87.9) | 33 | 69 (97.2) | 71 | | | | Hausa | 1 (100) | 1 | 16 (100) | 16 | | | | Others | 185 (90.7) | 204 | 1 (50) | 2 | | | | Religion | | | | | | | | Christianity | 263 (92.3) | 285 | 233 (96.3) | 242 | 1.64 | 0.440 | | Islam | 91 (95.8) | 95 | 140 (94.6) | 148 | | | | Others | 3 (75.0) | 4 | 2 (100) | 2 | | | | Marital status | | | | | | | | Married | 231 (91.3) | 253 | 228 (95.4) | 239 | 3.55 | 0.315 | | Divorced/separated | 6 (100) | 6 | 22 (95.7) | 23 | | | | Widowed | 12 (100) | 12 | 14 (100) | 14 | | | | Single | 108 (95.6) | 113 | 111 (95.7) | 116 | | |
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Statistical significance. |
(b) Association between other sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and tuberculosis-associated stigma in the communities |
| | Variables | Rural ()
stigma to TB (%)
present (n =357) | Total | Urban ()
stigma to TB (%)
present () | Total | | value |
| | Education | | | | | | | | No formal | 49 (98.0) | 50 | 16 (94.1) | 17 | 3.85 | 0.278 | | Primary | 84 (90.3) | 93 | 49 (94.2) | 52 | | | | Secondary | 191 (94.1) | 203 | 210 (96.3) | 218 | | | | Tertiary | 33 (86.8) | 38 | 101 (95.3) | 106 | | | | Employment | | | | | | | | Employed | 329 (93.5) | 352 | 313 (96.0) | 326 | 1.24 | 0.249 | | Unemployed | 28 (87.5) | 32 | 63 (94.0) | 67 | | | | Occupation () | | | | | | | | Professional/managerial | 12 (85.7) | 14 | 54 (98.2) | 55 | 2.06 | 0.725 | | Clerical | 6 (100) | 6 | 11 (100) | 11 | | | | Trading | 124 (93.9) | 132 | 114 (96.6) | 118 | | | | Skilled manual | 144 (94.1) | 153 | 65 (91.5) | 71 | | | | Unskilled manual | 42 (91.3) | 46 | 67 (97.1) | 69 | | | | Type of housing | | | | | | | | Duplex | 4 (100.0) | 4 | 1 (100) | 1 | 0.70 | 0.873 | | 3/2 bedroom flat | 34 (94.4) | 36 | 64 (95.5) | 67 | | | | Self-contained | 70 (90.9) | 77 | 132 (97.1) | 136 | | | | One room shared | 242 (93.4) | 259 | 171 (94.5) | 181 | | | | Income amount (naira) () | | | | | | | | <18000 | 165 (93.8) | 176 | 58 (87.9) | 66 | 2.84 | 0.242 | | 18000-30000 | 52 (91.2) | 57 | 68 (95.8) | 71 | | | | >30000 | 100 (92.6) | 108 | 165 (97.6) | 169 | | |
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Statistical significance. |
