Table 5. Association of knowledge about malaria with selected socio-demographic characteristics.
| Variable | Knowledge about Malaria | χ2 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor (F, %) | Good (F, %) | High (F, %) | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 75 (30.2%) | 98 (39.5%) | 75 (30.2%) | 0.026 | 0.871 |
| Female | 47 (30.3%) | 63 (40.7%) | 45 (29%) | ||
| Age | |||||
| 18–30 | 58 (29.4%) | 81 (41.1%) | 58 (29.4%) | 0.851 | 0.654 |
| 31–40 | 44 (29.3%) | 62 (41.3%) | 44 (29.3%) | ||
| > 41 | 21 (37.5%) | 22 (39.3%) | 13 (23.2%) | ||
| Family size | |||||
| 1–3 person | 15 (32.6%) | 18 (39.1%) | 13 (28.3%) | 3.861 | 0.145 |
| 4–5 person | 36 (34%) | 42 (39.6%) | 28 (26.4%) | ||
| > 5 person | 71 (28.3%) | 100 (39.8%) | 80 (31.9%) | ||
| Livelihood | |||||
| Farmer | 69 (31.5%) | 86 (39.3%) | 64 (29.2%) | 6.219 | 0.013* |
| Non-Farmer | 52 (28.3%) | 85 (46.2%) | 47 (25.5%) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Illiteracy | 75 (34.6%) | 87 (40.3%) | 54 (25%) | 8.201 | 0.006* |
| Elementary & above | 47 (25.1%) | 66 (35.3%) | 74 (39.6%) | ||
* Significant at p < 0.05, F = frequency, % = percent.