Table IV The association between general...

Table IV

The association between general characteristics, knowledge, attitude and protective practices for small inhalable particulate matter

	Levels of protective practices
	High		Moderate		Low
Independent variables	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	p-value
Age (years)							0.030^a
21–30	57	37.0	76	49.4	21	13.6
31–40	66	48.5	58	42.6	12	8.8
41–50	47	58.0	31	38.3	3	3.7
51–60	27	50.9	23	43.4	3	5.7
Gender							0.386^a
Male	104	44.1	107	45.3	25	10.6
Female	93	49.5	81	43.1	14	7.4
Educational level							<0.001^a
Primary level	26	60.5	14	32.6	3	7.0
High school	14	41.2	19	55.9	1	2.9
College	50	65.8	24	31.6	2	2.6
⩾University	107	39.5	131	48.3	33	12.2
Average monthly income							0.258^a
<28,000 BDT	64	49.2	57	43.8	9	6.9
28,001–56,000 BDT	103	45.6	104	46.0	19	8.4
>56,000 BDT	30	44.1	27	39.7	11	16.2
Occupation							0.018^b
Unemployed	77	44.3	88	50.6	9	5.2
Manual worker	4	44.4	3	33.3	2	22.2
Service holder	86	46.2	74	39.8	26	14.0
Business	30	54.5	23	41.8	2	3.6
Knowledge level							<0.001^a
Low knowledge	35	52.2	31	46.3	1	1.5
Average knowledge	42	30.2	72	51.8	25	18.0
High knowledge	120	55.0	85	39.0	13	6.0
Attitude level							0.002^b
Low attitude	3	30.0	7	70.0	0	0
Average attitude	39	33.1	68	57.6	11	9.3
High attitude	155	52.4	113	38.2	28	9.5

	Levels of protective practices
	High		Moderate		Low
Independent variables	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	p-value
Age (years)							0.030^a
21–30	57	37.0	76	49.4	21	13.6
31–40	66	48.5	58	42.6	12	8.8
41–50	47	58.0	31	38.3	3	3.7
51–60	27	50.9	23	43.4	3	5.7
Gender							0.386^a
Male	104	44.1	107	45.3	25	10.6
Female	93	49.5	81	43.1	14	7.4
Educational level							<0.001^a
Primary level	26	60.5	14	32.6	3	7.0
High school	14	41.2	19	55.9	1	2.9
College	50	65.8	24	31.6	2	2.6
⩾University	107	39.5	131	48.3	33	12.2
Average monthly income							0.258^a
<28,000 BDT	64	49.2	57	43.8	9	6.9
28,001–56,000 BDT	103	45.6	104	46.0	19	8.4
>56,000 BDT	30	44.1	27	39.7	11	16.2
Occupation							0.018^b
Unemployed	77	44.3	88	50.6	9	5.2
Manual worker	4	44.4	3	33.3	2	22.2
Service holder	86	46.2	74	39.8	26	14.0
Business	30	54.5	23	41.8	2	3.6
Knowledge level							<0.001^a
Low knowledge	35	52.2	31	46.3	1	1.5
Average knowledge	42	30.2	72	51.8	25	18.0
High knowledge	120	55.0	85	39.0	13	6.0
Attitude level							0.002^b
Low attitude	3	30.0	7	70.0	0	0
Average attitude	39	33.1	68	57.6	11	9.3
High attitude	155	52.4	113	38.2	28	9.5

Notes: n=424. ^ap-value calculated by χ²; ^bp-value calculated by Fisher’s exact test. Significance level α=0.05

Sharing Unavailable