Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population, stratified by whether or not people were willing to have an RDT for malaria performed
|
Characteristics |
Number of people interviewed (%) |
χ2 |
p |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Willing to have an RDT for malaria performed (n=34) | Unwilling to have an RDT for malaria performed (n=66) | |||
| Village | |||||
| Bozi |
70 (70.0) |
15 (21.4) |
55 (78.6) |
|
|
| Yoho |
30 (30.0) |
19 (63.3) |
11 (36.7) |
14.62 |
<0.001 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male |
61 (61.0) |
24 (39.3) |
37 (60.7) |
|
|
| Female |
39 (39.0) |
10 (25.6) |
29 (74.4) |
1.43 |
0.232 |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 14-24 |
20 (20.0) |
6 (30.0) |
14 (70.0) |
|
|
| 25-41 |
69 (69.0) |
23 (33.3) |
46 (66.7) |
|
|
| ≥42 |
11 (11.0) |
5 (45.4) |
6 (54.5) |
0.80 |
0.670 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single |
39 (39.8) |
10 (25.6) |
29 (74.4) |
|
|
| Married |
4 (4.0) |
3 (75.0) |
1 (25.0) |
|
|
| Free union |
57 (58.0) |
21 (36.8) |
36 (63.2) |
† |
0.088 |
| Number of children | |||||
| 0 |
27 (27.0) |
8 (29.6) |
19 (70.4) |
|
|
| 1-3 |
47 (47.0) |
19 (40.4) |
28 (59.6) |
|
|
| 4-6 |
21 (21.0) |
5 (23.8) |
16 (76.2) |
|
|
| 7-9 |
3 (3.0) |
2 (66.7) |
1 (33.3) |
|
|
| ≥10 |
2 (2.0) |
0 (0) |
2 (100) |
† |
0.370 |
| Educational level | |||||
| Illiterate |
42 (42.0) |
12 (28.6) |
30 (71.4) |
|
|
| Primary |
40 (40.0) |
13 (32.5) |
27 (67.5) |
|
|
| Secondary |
14 (14.0) |
5 (35.7) |
9 (64.3) |
|
|
| Higher education |
4 (4.0) |
4 (100) |
0 (0) |
† |
0.050 |
| Religious belief | |||||
| Muslim |
52 (52.0) |
21 (40.4) |
31 (59.6) |
|
|
| Christian |
20 (20.0) |
3 (15.0) |
17 (85.0) |
|
|
| Animist |
19 (19.0) |
8 (42.1) |
11 (57.9) |
|
|
| No religion | 9 (9.0) | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | † | 0.154 |
† Fisher’s exact test.