Table 2.

Frequency of the Respondents’ Knowledge About Malaria Signs and Symptoms, Risks of Transmission, and Prevention Methods in Jimma Zone, Southwest, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables	Yes (f)	%	No (f)	%
Symptoms
Fever	346	86.3	55	13.5
Feeling cold	224	55.9	177	44.1
Headache	291	72.6	110	27.4
Nausea and Vomiting	102	25.4	299	74.6
Diarrhea	68	17.0	333	83.0
Dizziness	106	26.4	295	73.6
Loss of appetite	245	61.1	156	38.9
Body ache or joint pain	175	43.6	226	56.4
Pale eyes	93	23.2	308	76.8
Body weakness	169	42.1	232	57.9
I do not know	6	1.5	395	98.5
Causes of malaria
Mosquito bites	372	92.8	29	7.2
Eating sugarcane	29	7.2	372	92.8
Hunger (empty stomach)	97	24.2	304	75.8
Drinking other dirty water	82	20.4	319	79.6
Getting soaked in the rain	78	19.5	323	80.5
Cold or changing weather	73	18.2	328	81.8
Lack of hygiene	144	35.9	257	64.1
Shaking the hands of a person with malaria	40	10.0	359	89.5
Do not know	5	1.2	396	98.8
Protect themselves against malaria
Sleep under a mosquito net	377	94.0	24	6.0
Using repellants	71	17.7	330	82.3
Not staying out of home at night	96	23.9	305	76.1
Spray the house with insecticide	236	58.9	165	41.1
Keep house surroundings clean	192	47.9	209	52.1
Fill in puddles (stagnant water)	229	57.1	172	42.9
Early diagnosis and treatment for fever	105	26.2	296	73.8
Anti-malarial drug compliance	246	61.3	155	38.7
Do not know	2	0.5	399	99.5
Risk groups
Pregnant mother and child under 3 years	342	85.3
Adult women	17	4.2
Adult man	10	2.5
Child of six years old	15	3.7
Do not know	17	4.2
Essential malaria actions (EMA)
Above the mean	212	52.9
Below the mean	189	47.1