Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research
Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014–2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone
Table 1
Demographics of respondents to Ebola knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys, by region, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015
Category | No. (%) respondents |
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Northern Province | Eastern Province | Southern Province | Western Area | Total | |
Age, y | |||||
15–20 | 854 (21.2) | 505 (24.4) | 440 (23.4) | 539 (21.3) | 2,338 (22.2) |
21–35 | 1,392 (34.6) | 706 (34.1) | 657 (35.0) | 930 (36.7) | 3,685 (35.1) |
36–49 | 909 (22.6) | 476 (23.0) | 416 (22.2) | 629 (24.8) | 2,430 (23.1) |
>50 |
869 (21.6) |
384 (18.5) |
365 (19.4) |
438 (17.2) |
2,056 (19.6) |
Sex | |||||
M | 2,112 (52.5) | 972 (46.9) | 898 (47.8) | 1,182 (46.6) | 5,163 (49.1) |
F |
1,912 (47.5) |
1,100 (53.1) |
980 (52.2) |
1,354 (53.4) |
5,346 (50.9) |
Education | |||||
No education | 1,755 (43.6) | 758 (36.6) | 496 (26.4) | 508 (20.0) | 3,517 (33.5) |
Primary | 733 (18.2) | 488 (23.6) | 367 (19.5) | 371 (14.7) | 1,959 (18.6) |
Secondary and above |
1,536 (38.2) |
825 (39.8) |
1,015 (54.1) |
1,657 (65.3) |
5,033 (47.9) |
Religion | |||||
Islam | 3,318 (82.5) | 1,320 (63.7) | 1,104 (58.8) | 1,335 (52.6) | 7,077 (67.3) |
Christianity |
706 (17.5) |
751 (36.3) |
774 (41.2) |
1,201 (47.4) |
3,432 (32.7) |
Total | 4,024 | 2,071 | 1,878 | 2,536 | 10,509 |