Table 4 The association between socio demographic variables and knowledge among caregivers of pediatric sickle cell patients in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital

Gender

Female

132

80.49

174

83.65

306

82.26

0.427

Male

32

19.51

34

16.35

66

17.74

Age

18 to 30

45

27.44

67

32.21

112

30.11

0.142

31 to 40

67

40.85

97

46.63

164

44.09

41 to 50

45

27.44

39

18.75

84

22.58

Above 50

7

4.27

5

2.40

12

3.23

Religion

Protestant

56

34.15

65

31.25

121

32.53

0.676

Catholic

41

25.00

62

29.81

103

27.69

Moslem

38

23.17

47

22.60

85

22.85

Born again

22

13.41

26

12.50

48

12.90

SDA

7

4.27

6

2.88

13

3.49

Others

0

0.00

2

0.96

2

0.54

Education background

Primary

79

48.17

121

58.17

200

53.76

0.256

Secondary

57

34.76

54

25.96

111

29.84

Tertiary

7

4.27

6

2.88

13

3.49

Uneducated

14

8.54

21

10.10

35

9.41

University

7

4.27

6

2.88

13

3.49

Occupation

Unemployed

106

64.63

148

71.15

254

68.28

0.354

Self employed

36

21.95

40

19.23

76

20.43

Formal employed

22

13.41

20

9.62

42

11.29

Marital status

Married

139

84.76

174

83.65

313

84.14

0.722

Single

13

7.93

21

10.10

34

9.14

Divorced

10

6.10

9

4.33

19

5.11

Others

2

1.22

4

1.92

6

1.61

Number of children

< 5

102

37.80

160

23.08

262

70.43

0.002

> 5

62

37.80

48

23.08

110

29.57

Number of children with sickle cell

1

106

64.63

157

75.48

263

70.70

0.041

> 1

58

35.37

50

24.04

108

29.03