Table 3.
Respondent’s sociodemographic characteristics and malaria positivity at baseline and three months follow up
| Characteristics |
Malaria parasite (baseline) |
p value |
Malaria parasite (3rd month) |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||
| Age group |
|
|
|
|
|
1.000 |
| 13–29 |
78 (63.9) |
44 (36.1) |
0.25 |
6 (4.9) |
116 (95.1) |
|
| ≥30 |
156 (57.8) |
114 (42.2) |
|
14 (5.2) |
256 (94.8) |
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
0.46 |
| Male |
66 (55) |
54 (45) |
0.21 |
8 (6.7) |
112 (93.3) |
|
| Female |
168 (61.8) |
104 (38.2) |
|
12 (4.4) |
260 (95.6) |
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
0.25 |
| ≤Primary |
114 (64) |
64 (36) |
0.11 |
12 (6.7) |
166 (93.3) |
|
| ≥Secondary |
120 (56.1) |
94(43.9) |
|
8 (3.7) |
206 (96.3) |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
1.000 |
| Single |
46 (59) |
32 (41) |
0.89 |
4 (5.1) |
74 (94.9) |
|
| Married |
188 (59.9) |
126 (40.1) |
|
16 (5.1) |
298 (94.9) |
|
| Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
0.019 |
| Informal sector |
184 (57.9) |
134 (42.1) |
0.13 |
20 (6.3) |
298 (93.7) |
|
| Formal sector |
50 (67.6) |
24 (32.4) |
|
0 (0) |
74 (100) |
|
| ITN use |
|
|
|
|
|
0.001 |
| Yes |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
|
0 (0) |
348 (100) |
|
| No | 234 (59.7) | 158 (40.3) | 20 (45.5) | 24 (54.5) | ||