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Table 2 Association between self stated history of malaria within 1 year and socio-demographic variables of the construction workers in Mangaluru, India, June–September 2012 (n = 119)

From: Construction site workers’ malaria knowledge and treatment-seeking pattern in a highly endemic urban area of India

Study variable

History of malaria within 1 year

p

No

Yes

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

 <25

31

53.4

27

46.6

1.000

 ≥25

33

54.1

28

45.9

 

Gender

 Female

12

66.7

6

33.3

0.234

 Male

52

51.5

49

48.5

 

Type of worker

 Local

1

33.3

2

66.7

0.595b

 Migrant

63

54.3

53

45.7

 

Marital status

 Unmarried

22

44

28

56

0.608

 Married

42

60.9

27

39.1

 

Literacy status

 Illiterate

37

52.8

33

47.2

0.809

 Literate

27

55.1

22

44.9

 

Caste categoryc

 SC/ST

38

58.5

27

41.5

0.261

 General/OBC

26

48.2

28

51.8

 

Stay at construction site

 No

22

73.3

8

26.7

0.013a

 Yes

42

47.2

47

52.8

 
  1. aSignificant (p < 0.05)
  2. bFisher’s Exact Test
  3. c SC scheduled caste ST scheduled tribe, OBC other backward caste; df = 1 for all variables