Table 6.

Prevalence of malaria according to sociodemographic factors.

Parameter	Category	Total N (%)	Infected n (%)	OR (95% IC)	p value
Gender	Female	431	32 (7.4)	1a
	Male	154	14 (9.1)	1.24 (0.64–2.40)	0.51
Age group (years)	≤ 20	33	3 (9.1)	1.68 (0.43–6.46)	0.45
	21–30	67	4 (6.0)	0.80 (0.21–3.00)	0.74
	31–40	124	12 (9.7)	1.80 (0.70–4.01)	0.18
	41–50	178	10 (5.6)	1a
	51–60	132	12 (9.1)	1.68 (0.70–4.01)	0.24
	> 60	51	5 (9.8)	1.82 (0.59–5.60)	0.29
Marital status	Single	135	14 (10.4)	1.96 (0.72–5.30)	0.18
	Divorced	32	2 (6.3)	1.13 (0.21–5.90)	0.88
	Married	310	24 (7.7)	1.42 (0.56–3.58)	0.45
	Widow/widower	108	6 (5.7)	1a
Level of education	Analphabetic	51	6 (11.8)	2.86 (0.54–14.98)	0.21
	Primary	214	14 (6.5)	1.50 (0.32–6.86)	0.59
	Secondary	275	24 (8.7)	2.05 (0.46–9.01)	0.33
	University	45	2 (4.4)	1a

^aReference category.