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. 2014 May 28;13:200. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-200

Table 1.

Knowledge score and Action score depending on background factors, univariate and logistic regression

Background factors High score
Univariate analysis
Multiple response/Logistic regression
% (n)
OR (95% C.I.)
OR (95% C.I.)
Knowledge score Action score Knowledge score Action score Knowledge score Action score
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male (75)
56.0 (42)
32.0 (24)
 
 
 
 
Female (121)
59.5 (72)
40.5 (49)
1.2 (0.7 – 2.1)
1.5 (0.8 – 2.7)
1.7 (0.8 – 3.4)
1.7 (0.8 – 3.8)
Age
 
 
 
 
 
 
18 – 29 (58)
56.9 (33)
44.8 (26)
 
 
 
 
30 – 49 (93)
68.8 (64)
41.9 (39)
1.7 (0.9 – 3.3)
0.9 (0.5 – 1.7)
3.1 (1.3 – 7.5)a
1.1 (0.5 - 2.8)
50 – 80 (45)
37.8 (17)
17.8 (8)
0.5 (0.2 – 1.0)
0.3 (0.1 – 0.7)b
1.2 (0.4 – 3.8)
0.5 (0.1 – 1.6)
Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
None (47)
34.0 (16)
10.6 (5)
 
 
 
 
Primary school (130)
65.4 (85)
43.1 (56)
3.4 (1.7 – 6.9)c
6.5 (2.4 – 17.5)c
2.9 (1.3 – 6.3)b
7.1(2.4 – 20.9)c
Middle/high (18)
66.7 (12)
66.7 (12)
3.9 (1.2 – 12.3)a
16.8 (4.4 – 64.8)c
3.0 (0.8 – 11.4)
27.4 (5.6 – 135.5)c
Marital status
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ever married (156)
55.8 (87)
36.5 (57)
 
 
 
 
Not married (40)
67.5 (27)
40.0 (16)
1.7 (0.8 – 3.4)
1.2 (0.8 – 2.4)
1.8 (0.7 – 4.9)
0.5 (0.2 – 1.2)
Occupation
 
 
 
 
 
 
Farmer (128)
56.2 (72)
32.8 (42)
 
 
 
 
Housewives (15)
60.0 (9)
53.3 (8)
1.2 (0.4 – 3.5)
2.3 (0.8 – 6.9)
1.1 (0.3 – 3.9)
2.5 (0.7 – 9.0)
Selfemployed (16)
62.5 (10)
56.2 (9)
1.3 (0.4 – 3.8)
2.6 (0.9 – 7.6)
1.1 (0.3 – 3.6)
2.8 (0.8 – 9.8)
Other* (31)
62.2 (23)
37.8 (14)
1.3 (0.6 – 2.7)
1.3 (0.6 – 2.7)
1.1 (0.5 – 2.8)
0.8 (0.3 – 2.1)
In household #
 
 
 
 
 
 
No CU5** (75)
54.7 (41)
33.3 (25)
 
 
 
 
CU5** (121)
60.3 (73)
39.7 (48)
1.3 (0.7 – 2.3)
1.3 (0.7 – 2.4)
0.8 (0.4 – 1.7)
0.9 (0.4 – 2.0)
No pregnant women (129)
54.3 (70)
38.0 (49)
 
 
 
 
Pregnant women (67)
65.7 (44)
35.8 (24)
1.6 (0.9 – 3.0)
0.9 (0.5 – 1.7)
1.8 (0.9 – 3.7)
0.7 (0.3 – 1.4)
Malaria not experienced## (125)
53.6 (67)
33.6 (42)
 
 
 
 
Malaria experienced## (71)
66.2 (47)
43.7 (31)
1.7 (0.9 – 3.1)
1.5 (0.8 – 2.8)
1.9 (1.0 – 3.8)
1.3 (0.6 – 2.7)
Total 58.2 (114) 37.2 (73)        

ap.value < 0.05 bp.value < 0.01 cp.value < 0.001.

No CU5 means that there were no children under five years in that particular household.

No pregnant women means that there was no pregnant women in that particular household.

*i.e.: nurse, traditional healer, driver, artist, student.

**Children under five years.

#Refers to at least one person in the household within each group.

##Experienced the last six months.