Impact of Health Education on Knowledge and Behaviors toward Infectious Diseases among Students in Gansu Province, China

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the investigated sample students.

Items	Kinds	Total		Intervention group		Control group		X^2	P
			%		%		%
Gender	Male	1076	53.75	541	54.05	535	53.45	0.072	0.823
	Female	926	46.25	460	45.95	466	46.55
Age	10–13 years old	798	39.86	424	42.36	374	37.36	8.312	0.016
	14–17 years old	906	45.25	421	42.06	485	48.45
	18–20 years old	298	14.89	156	15.58	142	14.19
Nationality	Han	1026	51.25	543	54.25	483	48.25	5.611	0.028
	Minority	976	48.75	458	45.75	518	51.75
Education level	Primary school	817	40.81	433	43.26	384	38.36	5.205	0.074
	Junior high school	570	28.47	269	26.87	301	30.07
	Senior high school	615	30.72	299	29.87	316	31.57
Household register	Urban	1407	70.28	756	75.52	651	65.03	424.153
	Rural	595	29.72	245	24.48	350	34.97
County	Qinzhou	1002	50.05	501	50.05	501	50.05	<0.001	1.000
	Wushan	1000	49.95	500	49.95	500	49.95