Table 1.

Malaria parasitaemia in relation to sociodemographic factors

Factors		Positive	Negative	total	p-value
Mean age		31.3±9.5	31.0±8.2	31.0±9.0	0.779
sex	Male	82(27.7%)	214(72.3%)	296(96.1%)	0.319
	Female	2(16.7%)	10(83.3%)	12(3.9%)
Marital status	Married	48(29.7%)	115(70.3%)	163(52.9%)	0.205
	Single	36(24.8%)	109(75.2%)	145(47.1%)
Occupation	Business	16(32.0%)	34(68.0%)	50(16.2%)	0.491
	Civil servants	19(25.0%)	57(75.0%)	76(24.7%)
	Professionals	6(42.8%)	8(57.2%)	14(4.5%)
	Skilled artisans	18(26.9%)	49(73.1%)	67(21.8%)
	Students	25(24.8%)	76(75.2%)	101(32.8%)