Table 4.
Malaria Preventive Behavior, Treatment-Seeking Behavior, and Malaria Risk Perception of Peer Educators’ Students in Schools in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, 2020
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households have recommended mosquito nets | Yes | 364 | 91.9 |
| No | 32 | 8.1 | |
| Did you sleep under Bed net the previous night | Yes | 224 | 56.6 |
| No | 140 | 35.4 | |
| Do you clean/dispose of stagnant water around the school/house | Yes | 298 | 75.3 |
| No | 103 | 25.7 | |
| Have you been sick with a fever | Yes | 36 | 8.8 |
| No | 365 | 92.2 | |
| Did you seek advice or treatment for the fever | Yes | 32 | 88.9 |
| No | 4 | 11.1 | |
| Malaria risk perception | Observed range | Scale means | SD |
| 7.5–25.5 | 18.75 | 3.06 |