Table 3 Association between CHWs sociodemographic with knowledge, practice and attitude mean scores in pre and post intervention regarding brucellosis in pastoral communities

Female

0.39 ± 0.35

0.71 ± 0.18

0.09 ± 0.24

0.3 ± 0.39

0.51 ± 0.03

0.75 ± 0.18

Male

0.21 ± 0.31

0.7 ± 0.15

0.01 ± 0.04

0.15 ± 0.23

0.53 ± 0.15

0.73 ± 0.18

P-value

0.209

0.88

0.135

0.174

0.679

0.859

Age in years

21–30

0.65 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.21

0 ± 0

0.2 ± 0.28

0.3 ± 0.42

0.8 ± 0.28

31–40

0.36 ± 0.34

0.74 ± 0.2

0.02 ± 0.06

0.13 ± 0.15

0.54 ± 0.1

0.78 ± 0.19

41–50

0.16 ± 0.28

0.7 ± 0.15

0.01 ± 0.03

0.25 ± 0.29

0.56 ± 0.09

0.75 ± 0.18

> 50

0.21 ± 0.34

0.66 ± 0.13

0.09 ± 0.25

0.21 ± 0.42

0.5 ± 0

0.68 ± 0.17

P-value

0.185

0.691

0.602

0.881

0.031*

0.647

Education level

No formal education

0.26 ± 0.46

0.7 ± 0.17

0.27 ± 0.46

0.33 ± 0.49

0.5 ± 0

0.73 ± 0.23

Incomplete primary

0.7±

0.9±

0 ± 0

0.4±

0.6±

1±

Primary

0.24 ± 0.31

0.69 ± 0.15

0.02 ± 0.05

0.2 ± 0.3

0.51 ± 0.14

0.71 ± 0.17

Secondary

0.28 ± 0.38

0.74 ± 0.19

0 ± 0

0.08 ± 0.17

0.58 ± 0.08

0.8 ± 0.2

P-value

0.607

0.577

0.031*

0.624

0.624

0.378

Length of stay in

position (years)

0–10

0.4 ± 0.33

0.72 ± 0.16

0.02 ± 0.06

0.19 ± 0.23

0.49 ± 0.18

0.8 ± 0.19

11–20

0.1 ± 0.26

0.7 ± 0.17

0.01 ± 0.04

0.2 ± 0.4

0.5 ± 0

0.67 ± 0.15

21–30

0.21 ± 0.29

0.67 ± 0.15

0 ± 0

0.16 ± 0.29

0.59 ± 0.13

0.71 ± 0.16

31–40

0.25 ± 0.39

0.72 ± 0.18

0.15 ± 0.32

0.27 ± 0.36

0.52 ± 0.04

0.73 ± 0.21

P-value

0.245

0.946

0.215

0.939

0.381

0.504

Working experience

in workstation(years)

Less than a year

0.4 ± 0.35

0.97 ± 0.06

0 ± 0

0.3 ± 0.26

0.5 ± 0

0.9 ± 0.17

1–5 years

0.25 ± 0.33

0.68 ± 0.16

0.02 ± 0.06

0.19 ± 0.33

0.55 ± 0.08

0.74 ± 0.19

> 5 years

0.25 ± 0.34

0.67 ± 0.13

0.06 ± 0.2

0.19 ± 0.29

0.51 ± 0.16

0.71 ± 0.17

P-value

0.757

0.006**

0.63

0.839

0.668

0.234