Table 3.

Multivariate logistic analysis-adjusted for, socio demographic and behavioral variables, Tahtay Maychew woreda, northern Ethiopia, 2014

Explanatory variable	Malaria status		OR (adjusted)	95% CI		P value
	Case	Control		Lower	Upper
Age of the respondent						0.001**
+15–24	84	154	3.20	1.73	5	< 0.001*
25–34	28	107	1.57	0.78	3.18	0.21
35+	18	129	1.00
Educational level						0.020**
No education	28	122	1.80	0.90	3.61	0.095
Primary	69	151	2.21	1.26	3.86	0.005*
Above primary	33	117	1.00
Travel history (T1)
Yes	107	113	11.40	6.91	18.82	< 0.001*
No	23	277	1.00
Own livestock
Yes	104	343	0.50	0.26	0.94	0.032*
No	26	47	1.00
Main occupation
Agricultural	102	341	1.00
Nonagricultural	28	49	2.00	1.02	3.94	0.044*

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.