Table 6 Responses of teachers to questions that assessed their attitude towards PWE in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013. Y
From: Ethiopian teachers: their knowledge, attitude and practice towards epilepsy
Responses | Percent Cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
N | Percent | ||
Epilepsy is contagious | 8 | 0.2 % | 1.0 % |
PWE have higher Insanity | 320 | 9.4 % | 38.9 % |
Epilepsy could be cured or controlled | 501 | 14.8 % | 60.9 % |
PWE have normal intelligence | 176 | 5.2 % | 21.4 % |
Allow PWE in my class | 734 | 21.6 % | 89.2 % |
Prefer to have PWE in my class after epilepsy is cured/controlled | 631 | 18.6 % | 76.7 % |
Prefer PWE be in a separate class | 125 | 3.7 % | 15.2 % |
Allow my offspring to play with PWE | 647 | 19.1 % | 78.6 % |
Allow my child to marry a PWE | 254 | 7.5 % | 30.9 % |
Total | 3396 | 100.0 % | 412.6 % |