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

Table 3

Association of knowledge of falls with demographic characteristics ().

Demographic characteristic	Knowledge on falls			value
	Poor	Average	Good
	(%)	(%)	(%)
Gender
Female	31 (17.7)	105 (60.0)	39 (22.3)	0.81
Male	23 (18.4)	78 (62.4)	24 (19.2)
Age
65–74 y	26 (13.0)	125 (62.5)	49 (24.5)	0.002
75 y and above	28 (28.0)	58 (58.0)	14 (14.0)
Level of education
Primary education or less	42 (36.2)	68 (58.6)	6 (5.2)	<0.001
Beyond primary education	12 (6.5)	115 (62.5)	57 (31.0)