Knowledge and Perception of Falls among Community Dwelling Elderly: A Study from Southern Sri Lanka

Table 6

Association of perception of falls with demographic variables ().

Demographic characteristic	Perception regarding falls		value
	Negative	Positive
	(%)	(%)
Gender
Female	27 (15.4)	148 (84.6)	0.01
Male	34 (27.2)	91 (72.8)
Age
65–74 y	34 (17.0)	166 (83.0)	0.04
75 y and above	27 (27.0)	73 (73.0)
Level of education
Primary education or less	42 (36.2)	74 (63.8)	<0.001
Beyond primary education	19 (10.3)	165 (89.7)