Household knowledge, practice and treatment seeking behaviors towards cutaneous leishmaniasis in the endemic rural communities of Ganta- afeshum district, Tigrai, northern Ethiopia, 2019: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Chi-square test analysis between demographic variables and knowledge, practice status of CL among residence of Ganta-afeshum district, Tigrai, northern Ethiopia, 2019

Variable	Categories	Knowledge status		X²	P-value	Practice status		X²	P-value
		Good	Poor			Good	Poor
Sex	Male	122	24	0.002	0.964	23	123	0.800	0.371
Sex	Female	200	38			46	192
Age categories	< 20	20	3	61.070	0.000^*	2	21	65.964	0.000*
	21–30	62	38			23	77
	31–40	91	1			38	54
	41–50	76	16			2	90
	> 51	69	8			7	70
Occupation	Farmer	169	23	12.238	0.032*	38	154	22.900	0.000*
	Housewife	94	29			22	101
	Merchant	6	2			3	5
	Governmental employee	12	3			7	8
	Student	4	2			3	3
	Unemployed	31	9			5	35
Educational status	Illiterate	178	37	3.287	0.349	36	179	5.208	0.157
	Grade 1 to 8	127	18			23	122
	High school and above	21	3			5	16
Family size	1–2	31	7	.620	.734	7	31	24.492	0.000*
	3–5	169	31			52	148
	> 6	122	23			8	137
Distance home to health facility	< 60 min	62	15	1.152	.283	37	40	67.435	0.000*
Distance home to health facility	> 60 min	263	47			30	280

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