Table 1 Characteristics of participants in rural and urban areas (n = 824)
From: Attitudes toward home-based malaria testing in rural and urban Sierra Leone
Characteristic | Rural (n = 667) | Urban (n = 157) | 2-sided Chi-squared test p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Gender | Male | 335/667 | 50.2 | 77/157 | 49.0 | 0.790 |
Female | 332/667 | 49.8 | 80/157 | 51.0 | ||
Age (years) | 18-29 | 178/650 | 27.4 | 57/157 | 36.3 | 0.087 |
30-49 | 276/650 | 42.5 | 59/157 | 37.6 | ||
≥50 | 196/650 | 30.2 | 41/157 | 26.1 | ||
Years of formal education | No formal school | 436/665 | 65.6 | 93/155 | 60.0 | <0.001 |
1-7 years | 109/665 | 16.4 | 8/155 | 5.2 | ||
8-11 years | 62/665 | 9.3 | 23/155 | 14.8 | ||
≥12 years | 58/665 | 8.7 | 31/155 | 20.0 | ||
Can read English | 172/650 | 26.5 | 61/155 | 39.4 | 0.001 | |
Can read Arabic | 44/655 | 6.7 | 24/154 | 15.6 | <0.001 | |
Comfortable reading a newspaper | 123/473 | 26.0 | 54/116 | 46.6 | <0.001 | |
Owns a mobile phone | 208/661 | 31.5 | 77/152 | 50.7 | <0.001 | |
Actively involved in a faith-based organization | 601/657 | 91.5 | 135/145 | 93.1 | 0.519 | |
A HCP in Bo is a family member or friend | 287/664 | 43.2 | 84/154 | 54.5 | 0.011 | |
Quality of life over the past four weeks | Good or very good | 213/666 | 32.0 | 50/157 | 31.8 | 0.007 |
Average | 241/666 | 36.2 | 75/157 | 47.8 | ||
Poor or very poor | 212/666 | 31.8 | 32/157 | 20.4 | ||
Satisfaction with health over the past four weeks | Satisfied or very satisfied | 303/667 | 45.4 | 86/157 | 54.8 | 0.001 |
Average | 162/667 | 24.3 | 46/157 | 29.3 | ||
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied | 202/667 | 30.3 | 25/157 | 15.9 | ||
Comparison of health status to the average person of the same age | More healthy | 181/667 | 27.1 | 56/157 | 35.7 | 0.097 |
About the same | 201/667 | 30.1 | 44/157 | 28.0 | ||
Less healthy | 285/667 | 42.7 | 57/157 | 36.3 | ||