Table 5.
Ability and motivation factors for household water treatment and their association with household water treatment behavior, 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 | |
| High self-efficacy, n (%) | 354 (94) | 57 (73) | < 0.01 | 139 (98) | 272 (86) | < 0.01 | 96 (99) | 315 (88) | < 0.01 |
| High threat susceptibility, n (%) | 269 (71) | 45 (58) | 0.02 | 116 (81) | 198 (63) | < 0.01 | 82 (84) | 232 (65) | < 0.01 |
| Good social support, n (%) | 298 (79) | 50 (64) | < 0.01 | 120 (84) | 228 (73) | 0.01 | 83 (85) | 265 (74) | 0.03 |
| Positive beliefs, n (%) | 125 (33) | 23 (29) | 0.51 | 50 (36) | 98 (31) | 0.36 | 35 (36) | 113 (32) | 0.37 |
| High threat severity, n (%) | 340 (91) | 66 (86) | 0.17 | 128 (91) | 278 (90) | 0.72 | 90 (93) | 316 (89) | 0.31 |
*
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.