Table 3: Demographic characteristics of participants by knowledge level (n = 127).
Characteristics | Total | |||
High (%) | Average or low (%) | |||
Education | Illiterate or Primary | 8 (53.3) | 7 (46.7) | 15 |
Secondary or higher secondary and above | 109 (97.3) | 3 (2.7) | 112 | |
Ethnicity | Brahmin or Chhetri | 57 (89.1) | 7 (10.9) | 64 |
Dalit, newar, janajati or muslim (p = 0.323) | 60 (95.2) | 3 (4.8) | 63 | |
Religion | Hindu | 92 (91.1) | 9 (8.9) | 101 |
Buddhist, muslim, kirat and christian | 25 (96.2) | 1 (3.8) | 26 | |
Marital Status | Unmarried, widowed, divorced or separated | 29 (82.9) | 6 (17.1) | 35 |
Married | 88 (95.7) | 4 (4.3) | 92 | |
Occupation | Student or housewife | 65 (89.04) | 8 (10.96) | 73 |
Employed (Business, government employment or other employment) | 52 (96.3) | 2 (3.7) | 54 |