Table 2.

Bivariate analysis for factors associated with contracting malaria in Ward 6 of Beitbridge District for week 36 to Week 44, 2017

Variable	Category	Cases	Controls	OR	95% CI	p-value
Gender	Male	36	33	0.85	0.45–1.62	0.62
	Female	39	42
Education	None/primary	52	52	1	0.50–2.0	1
	Secondary	23	23
Age (years)	≥ 20	54	61	0.59	0.27–1.27	0.18
	< 20	21	14
Income status	Employed	54	53	1.07	0.53–2.17	0.86
	Dependent	21	22
Religion	Apostolic	13	21	0.54	0.25–1.18	0.12
	Non-apostolic	63	54
Village/farm	Mzi/Bishopstone	35	38	0.85	0.45–1.62	0.62
	Other	40	37
House had visible open eaves	Yes	60	43	2.97	1.44–6.16	0.0028*
	No	15	32
Residents closed eaves before sunset	No	15	20	0.45	0.20–1.02	0.055*
	Yes	45	27
House has conventional windows	No	40	34	1.38	0.73–2.62	0.60
	Yes	35	41
Sleeping in a poorly constructed house	Yes	64	43	4.33	1.97–9.51	0.000*
	Noa	11	32
Has LLINs	No	27	38	0.55	0.28–1.05	0.07
	Yes	48	37
Slept under LLIN last night	No	10	9	0.81	0.29–2.28	0.70
	Yes	38	28
Wearing long clothes at night	No	67	60	2.10	0.83–5.29	0.11
	Yes	8	15
Spent evenings	Outdoors	62	51	2.24	1.04–4.85	0.037*
	Indoors	13	24
Lived < 1 km from water source	Yes	44	36	1.54	0.81–2.93	0.19
	No	31	39
IRS done in last 8 months	No	52	49	1.20	0.61–2.38	0.60
	Yes	23	26
History of traveling outside Ward 6	Yes	12	0	0
	No	63	75

LLTNs: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets; IRS: Indoor residual spraying; Mzi/Bishopstone: Mzingwane village or Bishopstone Farm

^aSleeping in a house made from bricks walls and a roof made from asbestos or corrugated roof

*Statistically significant p-value