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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Vector Ecol. 2008 Jun;33(1):76–88. doi: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[76:spoaad]2.0.co;2

Table 7.

Variables and results of the independent Chi-square tests of association applied to the Puntarenas dry season data

Outcome variable Predictor variables χ2 DF p
Larval habitat(s) in a location Locality 9.58 9 0.386
Location type 46.69 8 <0.001
People in a house 0.68 1 0.411
Construction quality 0.50 3 0.918

Mosquito larvae/pupae in a location Locality 14.35 9 0.110
Location type 6.83 8 0.555
Construction quality 1.70 3 0.638

Mosquito larvae/pupae in a habitat Locality 13.42 9 0.144
Location type 6.95 7 0.434
Habitat setting 0.13 1 0.449*
Habitat type 35.41 11 <0.001
Habitat capacity 13.39 2 0.001
Habitat disposability 4.19 1 0.041

Ae. aegypti in a habitat Locality 13.05 9 0.160
Location type 3.11 7 0.874
Habitat setting 0.84 1 0.265*
Habitat type 14.14 8 0.078
Habitat capacity 6.66 2 0.036
Habitat disposability 0.31 1 0.576
*

Expected value of a cell was <5 and Fisher exact test was used.