Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants according to their acquaintances of GM food.
|
of the participants |
Acquaintance of GM food (N = 614) |
P value |
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|
No 152 (24.8%) |
Yes 354 (57.7%) |
May be 108 (17.6%) |
Total 614 (100%) |
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|
Age1 |
19-28 years |
100 (65.8%) |
174 (49.2%) |
59 (54.6%) |
333 (54.2%) |
0.003 |
|
29-67 years |
52 (34.2%) |
180 (50.8%) |
49 (45.4%) |
281 (45.8%) |
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|
Gender |
Male |
68 (44.7%) |
168 (47.5%) |
31 (28.7%) |
267 (43.5%) |
0.003 |
|
Female |
84 (55.3%) |
186 (52.5%) |
77 (71.3%) |
347 (56.5%) |
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|
Area of Residence |
Urban |
109 (71.7%) |
275 (77.7%) |
91 (84.3%) |
475 (77.3%) |
0.099 |
|
Peri-urban |
23 (15.1%) |
34 (9.6%) |
6 (5.5%) |
63 (10.3%) |
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|
Rural |
20 (13.2%) |
45 (12.7%) |
11 (10.2%) |
76 (12.4%) |
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|
Educational Status |
Higher secondary level |
42 (27.6%) |
34 (9.6%) |
8 (7.5%) |
84 (13.7%) |
0.000 |
|
Graduate |
77 (50.7%) |
201 (56.8%) |
79 (73.1%) |
357 (58.1%) |
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|
Postgraduate |
33 (21.7%) |
119 (33.6%) |
21 (19.4%) |
173 (28.2%) |
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|
Discipline studied in higher secondary level |
Science |
19 (12.5%) |
216 (61.0%) |
62 (57.4%) |
297 (48.4%) |
0.000 |
|
Business studies |
83 (54.6%) |
86 (24.3%) |
31 (28.7%) |
200 (32.6%) |
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|
Arts |
50 (32.9%) |
52 (14.7%) |
15 (13.9%) |
117 (19.0%) |
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|
Occupation |
Student |
81 (53.3%) |
121 (34.2%) |
31 (28.7%) |
233 (38.0%) |
0.000 |
|
Teaching |
7 (4.6%) |
36 (10.2%) |
6 (5.6%) |
49 (8.0%) |
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|
Business |
27 (17.8%) |
21 (5.9%) |
10 (9.3%) |
58 (9.4%) |
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|
Government service |
10 (6.6%) |
54 (15.2%) |
43 (39.8%) |
107 (17.4%) |
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|
NGO service |
18 (11.8%) |
69 (19.5%) |
10 (9.3%) |
97 (15.8%) |
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|
Service in pharmaceutical company |
9 (5.9%) |
53 (15.0%) |
8 (7.4%) |
70 (11.4%) |
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|
Monthly Income (BDT2) |
<10,000 |
107 (70.4%) |
162 (45.8%) |
36 (33.3%) |
305 (49.7%) |
0.000 |
|
10,000-50,000 |
22 (14.5%) |
109 (30.8%) |
53 (49.1%) |
184 (30.0%) |
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|
50,001-1,00,000 |
11 (7.2%) |
68 (19.2%) |
16 (14.8%) |
95 (15.4%) |
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|
>1,00,000 |
12 (7.9%) |
15 (4.2%) |
3 (2.8%) |
30 (4.9%) |
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|
Marital Status |
Single |
70 (46.0%) |
151 (42.6%) |
45 (41.7%) |
266 (43.3%) |
0.927 |
|
Married |
79 (52.0%) |
196 (55.4%) |
60 (55.5%) |
335 (54.6%) |
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|
Divorced |
3 (2.0%) |
7 (2.0%) |
3 (2.8%) |
13 (2.1%) |
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1Age is categorized according to its median value 28. 2BDT = Bangladesh taka, the currency for Bangladesh. Significant results with P values < 0.05 are shown in bold in the rightmost column.