Table 3 The frequency distribution of patients according to association of patients’ socio-demographic characteristics with level of comprehension (n = 324)
Categories | Comprehension | Chi-Square | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
YES n (%) | NO n (%) | |||
Age in years | 0.5 | |||
18–29 | 146 (91.8) | 13 (8.2) | ||
30–39 | 50 (86.2) | 8 (13.8) | 2.43 | |
40–49 | 49 (94.2) | 3 (5.8) | ||
50 and above | 50 (91.9) | 5 (9.1) | ||
Sex | 6 | |||
Male | 152 (89.9) | 17 (10.6) | 0.532 | |
Female | 143 (92.3) | 12 (7.7) | ||
Marital status | ||||
Single | 114 (89.8) | 13 (10.2) | 0.9 | |
Married | 162 (91.5) | 15 (8.5) | 0.798 | |
Divorced | 3 (100) | 0 (0.00) | ||
Widowed | 16 (94.1) | 1 (5.9) | ||
Religion | 0.09 | |||
Anglican | 70 (94.6) | 4 (5.4) | ||
Catholic | 11 83 (86.7) | 11 (13.3) | ||
Seventh-day Adventist | 0 24 (100) | 0 (0.00) | 9.468 | |
Pentecostal | 41 (83.7) | 8 (16.3) | ||
Muslim | 8 87 (93.5) | 6 (6.5) | ||
Level of Education | 0.7 | |||
informal education | 12 (100) | 0 (0.00) | ||
Primary | 25 (89.3) | 3 (10.7) | 2.252 | |
O-level | 54 (93.1) | 4 (6.9) | ||
A-level | 80 (91.9) | 7 (8.1) | ||
Tertiary | 124 (89.2) | 15 (10.8) | ||
Occupation | 0.8 | |||
Unemployed | 84 (92.3) | 7 (7.7) | ||
Subsistence farmer | 16 (94.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0.883 | |
Self-employment | 108 (89.3) | 13 (10.7) | ||
Formal employment | 87 (91.6) | 8 (8.4) | ||