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Table 3 Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of respondents for the control and intervention groups

From: A multicenter controlled trial on knowledge and attitude about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among secondary school children in Malaysia

Variables

Control ( n=226)

Intervention

p-value a

 

n(%)

(n= 251)

 
  

n(%)

 

Gender

  

<0.001

Male

137 (60.6)

73 (29.1)

Female

89 (39.4)

178 (70.9)

Form

  

0.356

Two

85 (37.6)

93 (37.1)

Three

75 (33.2)

97 (38.6)

Four

66 (29.2)

61 (24.3)

Father’s occupation

  

<0.001

Professionals

68 (30.1)

87 (34.7)

Non-professionals

21 (9.3)

75 (29.9)

Others

137 (60.6)

89 (35.5)

Mother’s occupation

  

0.035

Professionals

52 (23.0)

78 (31.1)

Non-professionals

6 (2.7)

13 (5.2)

Others

168 (74.3)

160 (63.7)

School category

  

0.086

Normal daily

165 (73.00)

165 (65.7)

Cluster

61 (27.0)

86 (34.3)

CPR training

  

0.027

Yes

59 (26.1)

89 (35.5)

No

167 (73.9)

162 (64.5)

Duration of CPR training

  

0.092

<6 months

9 (15.3)

10 (11.2)

6-12 months

17 (28.8)

14 (15.7)

1-2 years

15 (25.4)

21 (23.6)

>2 years

18 (30.5)

44 (49.4)

CPR facilitator

  

0.391b

Healthcare provider

3 (5.1)

2 (2.3)

Non-healthcare

56 (94.9)

86 (97.7)

provider

   
  1. aPearson’s chi-Square test.
  2. bFisher’s exact test.