Table 3.
Distributions of self-reported malaria as illness among study participants
| Variable | N | Cases | Prevalence | x2test: p-value |
| Total Population | 1394 | 392 | 28.1 | |
| Slums | p = 0.008 | |||
| Korogocho | 610 | 208 | 34.1 | |
| Viwandani | 392 | 184 | 46.9 | |
| Gender | p = 0.25 | |||
| Female | 654 | 174 | 26.6 | |
| Male | 739 | 218 | 29.5 | |
| Age group (Years) | p < 0.001 | |||
| Under 5 | 343 | 81 | 23.6 | |
| 5–14 | 235 | 50 | 21.3 | |
| 15–24 | 214 | 60 | 28.0 | |
| 25–40 | 367 | 136 | 37.1 | |
| >40 | 235 | 65 | 27.7 | |
| Ethnicity | p < 0.001 | |||
| Kikuyu | 367 | 83 | 22.6 | |
| Kamba | 311 | 101 | 32.5 | |
| Luha | 199 | 63 | 31.7 | |
| Luo | 305 | 108 | 35.4 | |
| Other | 212 | 37 | 17.5 | |
| Symptoms Scores | p < 0.001 | |||
| Score 0 | 413 | 24 | 5.8 | |
| Score 1 | 139 | 15 | 10.8 | |
| Score 2 | 291 | 101 | 34.7 | |
| Score 3 | 290 | 125 | 43.1 | |
| Score 4 | 168 | 76 | 45.2 | |
| Score 5+ | 93 | 51 | 54.8 |