Wealth Index, Education, Access to Electronic Media and Awareness about Tuberculosis: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13

Authors

  • Muhammad Zubair Tahir FANA Global Consultancy and Business Limited, UK.

Keywords:

Education, Wealth Index, Electronic media, Tuberculosis, Nervous system

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To investigate association of education, wealth index and access to electronic media with awareness about TB and its spread among women. Material and Methods: Countrywide Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2012-13 data was selected for secondary analysis. From 12,943 occupied households, 13,558 ever-married women and 3,134 ever married men age 15-49 were interviewed. For this study, women interviews record was selected and analysed for TB awareness and its relationship with education attainment, wealth index and electronic media exposure. SPSS logistic regression analyses were performed for statistical significance and to discover association between TB awareness and education attainment, wealth index and electronic media. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The poorest uneducated women had the lowest awareness about TB and its spread by air. Awareness about TB and its spread by coughing and sneezing increased with increase in education level and households’ wealth and living standard. Women from households having radio, in rural areas, had overall more awareness about TB and its spread by coughing and sneezing than women from households having no radio. Women of households having TV, in all regions of the country, had distinctly higher awareness about TB spread by air than women of households who had no TV. Interestingly, there was more awareness among women of households having no radio and TV about TB spread by sharing utensils, touching person and sexual contact than women of households having radio and TV.
Education attainment and TV in households were more statistical significant than radio in households and wealth index. Education, wealth index and TV in households have relationship with TB spread by coughing and sneezing. Conclusion: Awareness about tuberculosis and its spread by air among women was associated with increase in wealth, education level and exposure to electronic media. Use of electronic media would be helpful in creating awareness, in minimal time, about all aspects of tuberculosis.

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Published

2020-12-23

How to Cite

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Tahir MZ. Wealth Index, Education, Access to Electronic Media and Awareness about Tuberculosis: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13. Nat J Health Sci [Internet]. 2020Dec.23 [cited 2024Mar.28];3(4):132-8. Available from: https://ojs.njhsciences.com/index.php/njhs/article/view/71

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Research Article