Table 3 Malaria knowledge among 957 households according to their socioeconomic position (SEP) in the study villages Bozi, Yoho and N'Dakonankro, central Côte d'Ivoire
Variables | Total (%) | Wealth quintiles | CIa | SEb (CI) | t-test (CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest (n = 192) | Very poor (n = 201) | Poor (n = 182) | Less poor (n = 191) | Least poor (n = 191) | |||||
Malaria knowledge | 90.8 | 84.9 | 87.6 | 94.5 | 91.1 | 96.3 | 0.023 | 0.007 | 3.30* |
Malaria symptoms | |||||||||
Yellow urine | 57.0 | 59.4 | 52.2 | 57.1 | 55.5 | 61.3 | 0.009 | 0.016 | 0.58 |
Fever or hot body | 55.6 | 35.4 | 43.8 | 59.3 | 66.0 | 74.3 | 0.144 | 0.034 | 4.28* |
Yellow eyes | 39.9 | 24.5 | 27.9 | 54.4 | 47.1 | 47.1 | 0.129 | 0.057 | 2.26* |
Vomiting | 17.4 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 20.9 | 0.019 | 0.037 | 0.53 |
Diarrhoea | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.051 | 0.092 | 0.55 |
Anaemia | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.496 | 0.093 | 5.32* |
Convulsion | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.435 | 0.052 | 8.32* |
Cough | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.281 | 0.205 | 1.37 |
Cause of malaria in children | |||||||||
Mosquitoes | 69.9 | 65.1 | 59.7 | 70.3 | 73.8 | 81.1 | 0.052 | 0.012 | 4.20* |
Sun | 34.5 | 40.6 | 29.3 | 34.1 | 32.5 | 36.1 | -0.014 | 0.034 | -0.42 |
Fever | 17.8 | 15.6 | 18.4 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 20.9 | 0.031 | 0.033 | 0.93 |
Fatigue | 5.6 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 0.317 | 0.085 | 3.75* |
Bad food | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 0.207 | 0.135 | 1.54 |
Dirty water | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.230 | 0.108 | 2.13* |
Sorcerer | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.403 | 0.357 | 1.13 |
First line-treatment | |||||||||
Traditional medicines | 47.9 | 59.9 | 53.7 | 47.2 | 44.0 | 34.0 | -0.103 | 0.028 | -3.73* |
Modern medicines | 26.1 | 10.4 | 22.4 | 26.9 | 29.3 | 41.9 | 0.214 | 0.075 | 2.88* |
Traditional and modern medicines | 15.0 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 0.093 | 0.027 | 3.48* |
After first line-treatment | |||||||||
Hospital | 67.1 | 42.7 | 55.7 | 78.0 | 73.3 | 86.9 | 0.126 | 0.041 | 3.06* |
Nothing | 13.1 | 24.5 | 15.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 9.9 | -0.233 | 0.056 | -4.20* |
Traditional healer | 12.1 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 1.6 | -0.287 | 0.122 | -2.36* |
Measures to avoid malaria | |||||||||
Mosquitoes avoidance | 60.8 | 60.4 | 53.2 | 56.6 | 62.3 | 71.7 | 0.041 | 0.023 | 1.76 |
Sun avoidance | 27.1 | 35.4 | 24.9 | 25.8 | 19.9 | 29.3 | -0.052 | 0.054 | -0.95 |
Modern medicine | 21.0 | 12.0 | 16.9 | 25.8 | 23.0 | 27.7 | 0.143 | 0.053 | 2.68* |
Traditional cure | 15.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 18.1 | 20.9 | 14.1 | 0.078 | 0.054 | 1.44 |
Herbal tea | 8.1 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 5.2 | 8.4 | -0.009 | 0.055 | -0.16 |
Don't know | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.205 | 0.117 | 1.75 |
Child must avoid his totem | 0.8 | 0.52 | 1.99 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.52 | -0.140 | 0.135 | -1.04 |