Research Approach: Quantitative survey approach. Research Design: Descriptive Cross sectional survey design.

Table 1

SI.No.	Demographic characteristics	Frequency	Percentage (%)
1.	Age
	18-34 years	53	53%
	35- 44 years	47	47%
2.	Types of Family
	Nuclear	68	68%
	Joint	32	32%
3.	Place of residence
	Rural	16	16%
	Urban	84	84%
4.	Family income
	10,000-20,000	87	87%
	21,000- 30,000	13	13%
5.	Current occupation
	Working	52	52%
	Not working	48	48%
6.	Form of salt used
	Crystalized salt	97	97%
	Powdered salt	03	3%
7.	Type of salt used
	Iodized salt	85	85%
	Non Iodized salt	15	15%
8.	Source information
	Mass media	19	19%
	Family members	81	81%

Figure 1

As per the Results revealed that, (57%) of the study participants have suitable knowledge, (43%) of the study participants have moderate awareness and none of the participants have adequate knowledge.

Table 2

SI. No	Demographic Variables	Knowledge level		X2 calculated value	Df	P value	Inference
		Below or equal to median (≤14)	Above median (>14)
1.	Age
	18-34 years	30	23	0.0902	1	0.763	NS
	35- 44 years	28	19
2.	Types of Family
	Nuclear	38	30	1.50	1	0.22	NS
	Joint	22	10
3.	Place of residence
	Rural	08	08	0.5004	1	0.479	NS
	Urban	50	34
4.	Family income
	10,000-20,000	50	37	0.076	1	0.781	NS
	21,000- 30,000	8	5
5.	Current occupation
	Employment	32	22	0.076	1	0.782	NS
	Unemployment	26	20
6.	Form of salt used
	Crystalized salt	55	41	1.625	1	0.202	NS
	Powdered salt	1	3
7.	Types of salt used
	Iodized salt	57	41	0.053	1	0.8168	NS
	Non-Iodized salt	1	1
8.	Source information
	Mass media	13	3	4.57	1	0.3253	SS*
	Family members	44	40

Table 3

Sl. No	Demographic Variables	Poor Practices	Good Practices	X2 Value	P-Value
01.	Age
	18-34 years	11	20	0.1207	0.728, NS at P<0.05
	35- 44 years	27	42
02.	Types of Family
	Nuclear	37	60	0.0286	0.865, NS at P<0.05
	Joint	1	2
03.	Place of residence
	Rural	21	62	10.124	0.001463, SS* at p<0.05
	Urban	12	7
04.	Family income
	10,000-20,000	34	29	0.0001	0.9933 NS at p<0.05
	21,000- 30,000	20	17
05	Current occupation
	Employment	4	51	5.7239	0.0167, * at p<0.05
	Unemployment	11	34
06.	Form of salt used
	Crystalized salt	50	20	4.2386	0.0395, SS* at p<0.05
	Powdered salt	15	15
07.	Type of salt used
	Iodized salt	35	55	0.3018	0.582738, NS at P<0.05
	Non Iodized salt	3	7
08.	Source information
	Mass media	21	62	7.4128	0.006476, SS* at P <0.05
	Family members	10	7

Figure 3

Figure 3 Depicts that correlation coefficient value is 0.009. This reveals that negative correlation between knowledge and practice.

A descriptive study design was approved to consider the knowledge concerning benefits and practices of Iodized salt among homemakers selected household Kolar.

A Community based cross-sectional study to assess the Knowledge and Utilization of Iodized Salt and Its Associated Factors at Household Level in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia. Data was collect- ed using a pretested and structured questionnaire by a face-to-face interview technique. A total of 700 head of households were included in the study, of which 639 (91.3%) were females. The overall occurrence of knowledge was 201 (28.7%). Accessibility of adequately iodized salt was 443 (63.3%). The proportion of proper utilization of adequately iodized salt at the household level was 180 (25.7%). A study concluded that the Knowledge, availability, and utilization of adequately iodized salt remain very low in the district. Concerned body should advance awareness and availability of adequately iodized salt and how to utilize it properly.

An existing familiarity regarding benefits of iodized salt remained and without knowing its benefits majority were, consuming iodized salt. Hence, it is essential to educate & provide awareness about homemakers as well the community through nutrition education or knowledge about benefits of Iodized Salt and salt preservation practices.