Table 3.
Frequency of malaria treatment
| Frequency of malaria treatment | Total N (%) | X2 | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly N (%) | Six monthly N (%) | Yearly N (%) | Other N (%) | None N (%) | |||||
| Are using LLINs | Yes | 16 (2.3) | 43 (7.2) | 133 (22.2) | 148 (24.8) | 258 (43.1) | 598 (80.3) | 70.3 | 0.00 |
| No | 24 (16.3) | 41 (27.8) | 43 (29.3) | 28 (18.1) | 11 (7.48) | 147 (19.7) | 36.6 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 40 (5.4) | 84 (11.3) | 176 (23.6) | 176 (23.6) | 269 (36.1) | 745 (100) | |||
| Condition of LLINs | Very good | 0 (%) | 15 (3.7) | 90 (21.9) | 124 (30.2) | 181 (44.1) | 410 (73.7) | 42.1 | 0.00 |
| Ok | 4 (3.9) | 10 (9.7) | 18 (17.5) | 26 (25.2) | 45 (43.6) | 103 (18.5) | 6.41 | 0.09 | |
| Poor | 12 (27.9) | 18 (41.9) | 7 (16.3) | 4 (9.3) | 2 (4.7) | 43 (7.7) | 2.88 | 0.41 | |
| Total | 16 (2.9) | 43 (7.7) | 115 (20.7) | 152 (27.3) | 230 (41.4) | 556 (100) | |||
| How often LLINs is used | Everyday | 0 | 15 (3.8) | 63 (16.1) | 106 (27.1) | 207 (52.9) | 391 (66.5) | 57.9 | 0.00 |
| When sick | 4 (16) | 9 (36) | 7 (28) | 3 (12) | 2 (8) | 25 (4.3) | 15.9 | 0.00 | |
| When at home | 3 (2.7) | 12 (10.7) | 47 (41.9) | 23 (20.5) | 27 (24.1) | 112 (19.1) | 19.8 | 0.00 | |
| Not often | 10 (16.7) | 14 (23.3) | 19 (31.7) | 9 (15) | 8 (13.3) | 60 (10.2) | 6.50 | 0.04 | |
| Total | 17 (2.9) | 50 (8.5) | 136 (23.1) | 141 (23.9) | 244 (41.5) | 588 (100) | |||
| Age | 0–5 | 51 (10.3) | 58 (11.7) | 77 (15.6) | 115 (23.2) | 194 (39.1) | 495 (59.9) | 28.9 | 0.02 |
| 15–48 | 18 (5.4) | 50 (15.1) | 123 (37.2) | 69 (20.8) | 71 (21.5) | 331 (40.1) | 7.76 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 69 (8.4) | 108 (13) | 200 (24.1) | 184 (22.3) | 265 (32.1) | 826 (100) | |||