Table 2: Respondent's knowledge of tuberculosis. (Source: Researcher’s fieldwork, 2021).
Attribute |
Frequency |
Percentage |
What is Tuberculosis? |
||
A disease |
73 |
52.9 |
Curse |
25 |
18.1 |
Don’t know |
40 |
29.0 |
Causes of Tuberculosis |
||
Witchcraft |
22 |
15.9 |
Curses |
26 |
18.8 |
Bacteria |
83 |
60.1 |
Bad odour |
7 |
5.1 |
Mode of transmission of Tuberculosis |
||
Inhaling someone's cough and sneeze |
74 |
53.6 |
Sharing sharp objects |
27 |
19.6 |
Sex |
37 |
26.8 |
Symptoms of Tuberculosis |
||
Cough |
47 |
34.1 |
Weight loss |
48 |
34.8 |
Night Sweat |
17 |
12.3 |
Fever |
14 |
10.1 |
Diarrhoea |
7 |
5.1 |
Protruded Stomach |
2 |
1.4 |
Yellow Urine |
3 |
2.2 |
Total |
138 |
100 |