Malaria vector control practices in an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in central Kenya and implications for malaria control

Table 2 Knowledge of vector breeding habitats

Breeding places	% Responses n = 366	χ² Test
Breeding places	% Responses n = 366	Village	Age	Gender	Education	Occupation
In stagnant water	83.1	0.233	0.782	0.320	0.054	0.104
In vegetations outside the house	50.5	0.030*	0.796	0.060	0.042*	0.191
In rice paddies	37.4	0.000*	0.945	0.016	0.351	0.158
In water canals	10.9	0.006*	0.345	0.228	0.140	0.235
In animal pens	10.7	0.001*	0.763	0.381	0.851	0.026*
Rubbish Pits/Latrines/Cess pits	16.1	0.000*	0.049	0.109	0.074	0.085
In dark places	23.2	0.006*	0.727	0.601	0.693	0.535
Don't know	1.6	0.673	0.009*	0.567	0.116	0.641
Others	3.8	0.378	0.056	0.922	0.758	0.699

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