Table 4.
Factors associated with household water treatment, Dzivaresekwa and Kuwadzana suburbs, Harare, Zimbabwe, March 2012
| Reported water treatment since outbreak began | Had reportedly treated stored water | Had reportedly treated stored water with FCR ≥ 0.2 mg/L | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N = 380)* | No (N = 78)* | P | Yes (N = 143)* | No (N = 315)* | P | Yes (N = 98)* | No (N = 360)* | P | |
| Respondent's age ≥ 31 years, n (%) | 197 (52) | 42 (54) | 0.75 | 91 (64) | 148 (47) | < 0.01 | 64 (65) | 175 (49) | < 0.01 |
| Reported water treatment before outbreak began, n (%) | 306 (82) | 30 (43) | < 0.01 | 120 (86) | 216 (72) | < 0.01 | 82 (87) | 254 (73) | < 0.01 |
| Primary source of water is borehole, n (%) | 174 (46) | 37 (47) | 0.84 | 51 (36) | 160 (51) | < 0.01 | 28 (29) | 183 (51) | < 0.01 |
| Received typhoid prevention message, n (%) | 351 (93) | 54 (72) | < 0.01 | 138 (97) | 267 (86) | < 0.01 | 94 (97) | 311 (88) | < 0.01 |
| Received products, n (%) | 343 (92) | 36 (47) | < 0.01 | 131 (95) | 248 (80) | < 0.01 | 92 (96) | 287 (82) | < 0.01 |
*
For some items, N may vary by small numbers because of non-response.
Values that are statistically significant at the α = 0.05 level are indicated in bold.