Research Article
Knowledge and Understanding of Personal Protective Equipment Use among Laborer Population of the Nepalese Workforce
Table 3
Association between the level of knowledge of laborers and soci-demographic variables (n = 229).
| | Variables | Level of knowledge | Total N = 229 | value | χ2 value | Inadequate n = 142
n (%) | Adequate n = 87
n (%) |
| | Sex | | Male | 114 (57.6) | 84 (42.4) | 198 | <0.001 | 12.201 | | Female | 28 (90.3) | 3 (9.7) | 31 |
| | Age | | 20 years or below | 23 (71.9) | 9 (28.1) | 32 | 0.107 | 7.621 | | 21–30 years | 63 (55.8) | 50 (44.2) | 113 | | 31–40 years | 30 (58.8) | 21 (41.2) | 51 | | 41–50 years | 18 (81.8) | 4 (18.2) | 22 | | Above 50 years | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 11 |
| | Education | | Illiterate | 50 (86.2) | 8 (13.8) | 58 | <0.001 | 30.786 | | Primary | 31 (66) | 16 (34) | 47 | | Lower secondary | 30 (61.2) | 19 (38.8) | 49 | | Secondary | 26 (46.4) | 30 (53.6) | 56 | | Higher secondary and above | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) | 19 |
| | Marital status | | Married | 100 (60.2) | 66 (39.8) | 166 | 0.412 | 1.775 | | Single | 40 (65.6) | 21 (34.4) | 61 | | Divorced | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 |
| | Family type | | Nuclear | 103 (67.8) | 49 (32.2) | 152 | 0.042 | 6.357 | | Joint | 33 (50.8) | 32 (49.2) | 65 | | Extended | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | 12 |
| | Ethnicity | | Brahmin/Chhetri | 15 (60) | 10 (40) | 25 | 0.316 | 4.730 | | Madhesi | 13 (46.4) | 15 (53.6) | 28 | | Dalits | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) | 21 | | Adhibasi/Janajati | 91 (65) | 49 (35) | 140 | | Muslim | 8 (53.3) | 7 (46.7) | 15 |
| | Religion | | Hindu | 105 (60) | 70 (40) | 175 | 0.251 | 5.371 | | Buddhism | 22 (81.5) | 5 (18.5) | 27 | | Islam | 8 (53.3) | 7 (46.7) | 15 | | Christianity | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 8 | | Other | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 4 |
| | Place of permanent residence | | Rural | 84 (60) | 56 (40) | 140 | 0.432 | 0.617 | | Urban | 58 (65.2) | 31 (34.8) | 89 |
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