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. 2014 Feb 3;13:45. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-45

Table 4.

Respondents’ knowledge about transmission, prevention and treatment

Respondents’ awareness Residency
Region
Total
Rural Urban Upper Nile Bahr el Ghazal Equatoria  
Malaria transmitted by mosquito bite
53.7%
73.5%
53.3%
60.4%
60.2%
58.0%
(95% CI: 51.9–55.5)
(95% CI: 71.9–75.0)
(95% CI: 51.5–55.1)
(95% CI: 58.7–62.1)
(95% CI: 58.5–62.0)
(95% CI: 56.2–59.8)
Sleeping under a mosquito nets to prevent malaria
29.8%
50.5%
30.0%
28.0%
43.1%
34.2%
(95% CI: 28.2–31.5)
(95% CI: 48.7–52.3)
(95% CI: 28.4–31.7)
(95% CI: 26.4–29.6)
(95% CI: 41.4–44.9)
(95% CI: 32.5–35.9)
Taking preventive medicine to avoid malaria
13.3%
7.4%
7.7%
20.9%
8.6%
12%
(95% CI: 12.1–14.5)
(95% CI: 6.5–8.4)
(95% CI: 6.8–8.7)
(95% CI: 19.5–22.4)
(95% CI: 7.7–9.7)
(95% CI: 10.9–13.2)
Taking the right anti-malaria as treatment 37.8%
54.2%
43.2%
34.1%
44.7%
41.3%
(95% CI: 36.1–39.5) (95% CI: 52.4–56.0) (95% CI: 41.5–45.0) (95% CI: 32.8 –36.2) (95% CI: 42.9–46.5) (95% CI: 39.6–43.1)

N = number, F = Frequency.