TABLE 1.

Learners’ responses to questions on infection and prevention of schistosomiasis by grade, sex and district.

Question	Responses given by respondents	Grade 5		Grade 7		Female		Male		Overall
		%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
How do people get Bilharzia?	Swimming or playing in rivers or dirty water	68.2	63.3–72.7	79.6	74.6–83.9	69.2	64.3–73.7	78.0	73.0–82.4	73.2	69.7–76.4
	Having blood in urine	3.05	1.66–5.41	0.99	0.26–3.10	2.35	1.15–4.57	1.91	0.78–4.32	2.15	1.25–3.61
	Having sexual intercourse with an infected person	0.00	0.00–1.21	1.32	0.42–3.34	0.52	0.09–2.08	0.64	0.11–2.54	0.57	0.18–1.56
	Jumping the fire	1.01	0.33–2.77	0.66	0.11–2.62	0.00	0.00–1.24	1.91	0.78–4.32	0.86	0.35–1.96
	I don’t know	17.3	13.8–21.5	12.8	9.39–17.2	20.9	17.0–25.4	8.60	5.85–12.4	15.4	12.8–18.3
	Other	10.4	7.67–14.0	4.61	2.64–7.79	7.05	4.78–10.2	8.82	6.11–12.77	7.89	6.05–10.2
How can people prevent Bilharzia infection?	Avoid swimming in dirty water or rivers	33.8	28.8–39.2	53.6	47.8–59.6	39.3	34.1–44.7	47.1	41.0–53.1	42.7	38.8–46.8
	Going to clinic or doctors or tablets	24.0	19.7–29.0	18.5	14.2–23.7	22.9	18.6–27.8	19.9	15.38–25.2	21.5	18.4–25.0
	Avoid sexual intercourse with an infected person	0.89	0.23–0.28	0.72	0.12–2.87	1.17	0.37–3.18	0.37	0.02–2.36	0.82	0.30–2.01
	Avoid contact with an infected person	4.45	2.60–7.39	2.54	1.12–5.38	3.52	1.92–6.23	3.68	1.88–6.87	3.59	2.32–5.47
	Going to the traditional healer	0.59	0.10–2.36	0.36	0.02–2.32	0.88	0.23–2.77	0.00	0.00–1.74	0.16	0.13–1.55
	I don’t know	24.3	19.9–29.3	16.3	12.3–21.3	25.2	20.8–30.3	15.1	11.2–20.0	20.7	17.6–24.2
	Other	11.9	8.71–15.9	7.97	5.18–11.98	7.04	4.66–10.4	14.0	10.2–18.8	10.1	7.89–12.8

CI, confidence interval.