Table 4: Attitudes of respondents toward leptospirosis and rodent control.
|
Questionnaire variable |
Kakonko |
Kibondo |
Total |
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|
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
Do you think you are at any risk of being infected by leptospirosis and other rodent-borne diseases? |
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|
Yes |
8 |
20.0 |
10 |
25.0 |
18 |
22.5 |
|
No |
21 |
52.5 |
18 |
45.0 |
39 |
48.8 |
|
I don’t know |
11 |
27.5 |
12 |
30.0 |
23 |
28.7 |
|
What control measures do you put in place to control rodents in your home? |
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|
Cat |
7 |
17.5 |
3 |
7.5 |
10 |
12.5 |
|
Cat and killing traps |
4 |
10.0 |
1 |
2.5 |
5 |
6.3 |
|
Killing traps |
2 |
5.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
2.5 |
|
Poisonous bait |
16 |
40.0 |
1 |
2.5 |
17 |
21.3 |
|
Poisonous bait and killing traps |
6 |
15.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
7.5 |
|
Poisonous bait, killing traps and cats |
1 |
2.5 |
20 |
50.0 |
21 |
26.3 |
|
Poisonous bait and a cat |
4 |
10.0 |
10 |
25.0 |
14 |
17.5 |
|
Poisonous bait, live traps, killing traps and cats |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
12.5 |
5 |
6.3 |