Table 1 Crosstabulation report between gender of respondents and their responses on some variables assessing perceived fear towards psychiatric patients
From: Attitude of health workers to the care of psychiatric patients
Variable | Male | Female | Â | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Agree (%) | Disagree (%) | Agree (%) | Disagree (%) | χ2 | df | P value |
Not a danger to other patients | 129 (65.5%) | 68 (34.5%) | 84 (51.2%) | 80 (48.8%) | Â | Â | Â |
Good reason to resist location | 73 (37.1%) | 121 (61.4%) | 88 (53.7%) | 76 (46.3%) | 12.6 | 4 | 0.01 |
Too great a risk to other people | 61 (31.0%) | 136 (69.0%) | 79 (48.2%) | 84 (51.2%) | 13.4 | 4 | 0.01 |
Wards should be placed outside the hospital premises | 64 (32.5%) | 133 (67.5%) | 76 (46.3%) | 88 (53.7%) | 7.88 | 2 | 0.02 |
Do not want my place of work to be next door to a psychiatric ward | 92 (46.7%) | 103 (52.3%) | 100 (61.0%) | 64 (39.0%) | 9.66 | 4 | 0.047 |
Accept location of psychiatric wards within hospital premises | 166 (84.3%) | 31 (15.7%) | 109 (66.5%) | 54 (32.9%) | 16.5 | 4 | 0.00 |