Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and previous disease experience of study participants, Sekota Zuria district, northeast Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 172 | 21.5 |
Male | 628 | 78.5 |
Age in years | ||
18–30 | 131 | 16.4 |
31–41 | 308 | 38.5 |
> = 42 | 361 | 45.1 |
Educational status | ||
Unable to read and write | 428 | 53.5 |
No formal education, but able to read and write | 217 | 27.1 |
Completed primary | 109 | 13.6 |
Completed secondary or above | 46 | 5.8 |
Occupational status | ||
Farmer | 711 | 88.8 |
Merchant | 43 | 5.4 |
Government employee | 19 | 2.4 |
Student | 27 | 3.4 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 701 | 87.6 |
Urban | 99 | 12.4 |
Health education on anthrax prevention | ||
Yes | 125 | 15.6 |
No | 675 | 84.4 |
Regulatory control/anthrax surveillance | ||
Yes | 240 | 30 |
No | 560 | 70 |
Previous anthrax infection experience in humans | ||
Yes | 168 | 21 |
No | 632 | 79 |
Previous anthrax infection experience in animals | ||
Yes | 394 | 49.3 |
No | 406 | 50.7 |
Knowledge of anthrax | ||
Adequate | 464 | 58 |
Inadequate | 336 | 42 |
Attitude towards anthrax | ||
Positive | 424 | 53 |
Negative | 376 | 47 |