Community knowledge, attitudes and practices related to schistosomiasis and associated healthcare-seeking behaviours in northern Côte d’Ivoire and southern Mauritania

Table 5 Knowledge of transmission pathways of schistosomiasis according to level of literacy in Korhogo and Kaédi*

	No education (%)	Arabic (%)	Primary (%)	Secondary (%)	High school (%)	P-value
Korhogo	n = 26	n = 13	n = 33	n = 75	n = 38
Drinking unsafe water	8 (29.6)	5 (38.5)	11 (34.4)	32 (42.1)	15 (39.5)	0.817^b
Eating poorly washed fruits, vegetables	1 (3.7)	1 (7.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.6)	1 (2.6)	N/A
Swimming in rivers, drains, etc.	11 (40.7)	7 (53.8)	25 (78.1)	51 (67.1)	26 (68.4)	0.035^a
Contact with infected person	4 (14.8)	3 (23.1)	1 (3.1)	4 (5.3)	1 (2.6)	N/A
Walking barefoot on infected urine	3 (11.1)	1 (7.7)	1 (3.1)	8 (10.59)	N/A	0.217^b
Contact with dirty water	11 (40.7)	9 (69.2)	10 (31.3)	35 (46.1)	15 (39.5)	0.200^a
^cOther	6 (22.2)	2 (15.4)	2 (6.3)	10 (13.2)	2 (5.3)	0.230^b
Do not know	1 (3.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	N/A
Kaédi	n = 189	n = 136	n = 86	n = 76	n = 27
Drinking unsafe water	137 (72.5)	76 (60.3)	44 (55.0)	36 (47.4)	18 (66.7)	0.001 ^a
Eating poorly washed fruits, vegetables	26 (13.8)	29 (23.0)	13 (16.3)	7 (9.2)	6 (22.2)	0.073^a
Swimming in rivers, drains, etc.	79 (41.8)	82 (65.1)	56 (70.0)	59 (77.6)	18 (66.7)	< 0.001 ^a
Contact with infected person	9 (4.8)	13 (10.3)	9 (11.3)	5 (6.6)	5 (19.2)	0.058^a
Walking barefoot on infected urine	45 (23.8)	31 (24.6)	13 (16.3)	9 (11.8)	12 (44.4)	0.005 ^a
Contact with dirty water	85 (45.0)	73 (57.9)	42 (52.5)	36 (47.4)	16 (59.3)	0.175^a
^cOther	17 (9.0)	13 (10.3)	3 (3.8)	3 (3.9)	2 (7.4)	0.291^b
Do not know	3 (1.6)	1 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	N/A

*Multiple choice question; Statistically significant P-values (< 0.05) are highlighted in bold
n: Number of respondents; ^aP-value based on chi-square test; ^bP-value based on Fisher’s exact test; ^cContact with goat urine, not wearing protective shoes, drinking hot water, exposure to sunlight

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