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Table 2 Household reporting having malaria according to housing conditions and preventive practices

From: Socioeconomic factors, attitudes and practices associated with malaria prevention in the coastal plain of Chiapas, Mexico

Indexes

Reported having malaria

Total

Chi2

 

No

Yes

 

Sig.

Housing condition

0

6.7%

0.6%

7.2%

 
 

1

19.5%

3.2%

22.7%

 
 

2

61.3%

6.3%

67.7%

 
 

3

2.4%

0.0%

2.4%

P > 0.5

Preventive practices

0

1.7%

0.2%

1.9%

 
 

1

25.8%

3.9%

29.7%

 
 

2

62.5%

5.9%

68.4%

P > 0.5

  1. Housing conditions: 3 = cement-brick walls + cement floor + cement roof; 2 = any of cement walls, floor or roof; 1 = any of the three and; 0 = none of them.
  2. Preventive practices: 2 = reported having bed nets and purchased any product for mosquito bites prevention; 1 = reported any of the two and; 0 = none.
  3. Households reported having malaria: 1 = for those reporting having had malaria and; 0 = for those reporting no malaria.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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