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Table 1 Perceived causes of malaria

From: Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya

Perceived cause

χ2 Tests

 

% Responses (n = 368)

Village

Age

Gender

Education

Occupation

Working in the sun

0.8

0.225

0.911

0.966

0.143

0.227

Long rains/Being rained on

12.5

0.000

0.908

0.709

0.093

0.061

Wet and cold condition

10.6

0.363

0.715

0.870

0.942

0.275

Working in rice paddies

3

0.451

0.174

0.930

0.083

0.255

Mosquito bite

94.6

0.154

0.000

0.914

0.850

0.973

Eating raw foods/mangoes

5.2

0.000

0.804

0.001

0.443

0.204

Evil spirit/Demons/Witchcraft

0.3

0.127

0.981

0.644

0.626

0.953

Taking dirty/Polluted water

4.1

0.081

0.009

0.648

0.210

0.850

From another person with malaria

0.8

0.479

1

0.687

0.805

0.382

Stagnant water

16

0.467

0.532

0.430

0.122

0.113

Dirty home surroundings/Environment

4.6

0.019

0.699

0.689

0.316

0.283

Don't know

1.1

0.532

0.000

0.687

0.135

0.846

Others

2.4

0.001

0.002

0.432

0.404

0.620