Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants and the proportion of the participants who heard the term/name of thalassaemia (N = 1578)
Variables | All participants N = 1578 n (%) | Have heard of thalassaemia n (%) | Pearson’s χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes 521 (33%) | No 1057 (67%) | ||||
Gender | |||||
 Male | 526 (33.3%) | 171 (32.5%) | 355 (67.5%) | 0.092 | 0.777 |
 Female | 1052 (66.7%) | 350 (33.3%) | 702 (66.7%) |  |  |
Discipline studied | |||||
 Science | 314 (19.9%) | 258 (82.2%) | 56 (17.8%) | 431.997 | < 0.0001 |
 Arts and humanities | 1024 (64.9%) | 224 (21.9%) | 800 (78.1%) |  |  |
 Business Studies | 240 (15.2%) | 39 (16.2%) | 201 (83.8%) |  |  |
College type | |||||
 Females’ college | 453 (28.7%) | 194 (42.8%) | 259 (57.2%) | 27.645 | < 0.0001 |
 Co-education | 1125 (71.3%) | 327 (29.1%) | 798 (70.9%) |  |  |
 Urban | 552 (35%) | 256 (46.4%) | 296 (53.6%) | 68.523 | < 0.0001 |
 Semi-urban/rural | 1026 (65%) | 265 (25.8%) | 761 (74.2%) |  |  |
 Private | 809 (51.3%) | 250 (30.9%) | 559 (69.1%) | 3.355 | 0.067 |
 Public | 769 (48.7%) | 271 (35.2%) | 498 (64.8%) |  |  |