Research Article
Knowledge about Tuberculosis: A Precursor to Effective TB Control—Findings from a Follow-Up National KAP Study on Tuberculosis among Nigerians
Table 2
Overall knowledge of TB by selected characteristics.
| | Characteristics | High TB knowledge | Low TB knowledge | value |
| | Sex | | | <0.001 | | Males | 816 (64.2) | 455 (35.8) | | | Females | 793 (57.8) | 578 (42.2) | | Marital status | | | <0.0001 | | Single | 441 (73.4) | 160 (26.6) | | | Married | 1,106 (57.5) | 818 (42.5) | | Divorced/separated/other | 57 (52.3) | 52 (47.7) | | Age categories | | | <0.003 | | 16–29 | 654 (63.7) | 372 (36.3) | | | 30–44 | 624 (60.5) | 408 (39.5) | | 45–59 | 267 (58.8) | 187 (41.2) | | 60 years and above | 53 (46.9) | 60 (53.1) | | Study sites | | | <0.0001 | | Akwa Ibom | 371 (72.5) | 141 (27.5) | | | Benue | 319 (64.1) | 179 (35.9) | | Ebonyi | 185 (45.7) | 220 (54.3) | | Gombe | 235 (53.2) | 207 (46.8) | | Katsina | 203 (53.6) | 176 (46.4) | | Ondo | 296 (72.7) | 111 (27.3) | | Educational status | | | <0.0001 | | No formal education/Quranic | 210 (37.6) | 348 (62.4) | | | Primary | 287 (54.3) | 242 (45.7) | | Secondary | 671 (66.8) | 334 (33.2) | | Tertiary | 434 (81.0) | 102 (19.0) | | Occupation | | | <0.0001 | | Not employed | 154 (53.8) | 132 (46.2) | | | Student | 243 (71.9) | 95 (28.1) | | Self-employed/business owner | 836 (55.1) | 681 (44.9) | | Formal employment | 309 (79.0) | 82 (21.0) |
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