Table 2 Association of knowledge on pesticidal plants locally used to control termites with age, gender and educational status of the respondents and their socio-demographic characteristics (n = 381)
Characteristic | Total number of respondents (%) | Knowledge on pesticidal plants (n) | χ2 | df | P-value | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | No | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Male | 281 (73.8) | 70 | 211 | 9.2 | 1 | 0.002 | Significant |
Female | 100 (26.2) | 41 | 59 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
18–35 | 63 (16.5) | 44 | 19 | 66.5 | 3 |  < 0.001 | Significant |
36–55 | 189 (49.6) | 47 | 142 |  |  |  |  |
56–75 | 100 (26.2) | 19 | 81 |  |  |  |  |
Above 75 | 29 (7.6) | 1 | 28 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Educational status | |||||||
Illiterate | 54 (14.2) | 9 | 45 | 4.8 | 3 | 0.186 | Not significant |
Primary | 196 (51.4) | 62 | 134 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Secondary | 122 (32.0) | 37 | 85 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Post-secondary | 9 (2.4) | 3 | 6 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Knowledge on the plants used to control termites | |||||||
Yes | 270 (70.9) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 111 (29.1) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |