Characteristics | Mannar | Trincomalee | p | X 2 | ||
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N | % | N | % | |||
Knowledge about malaria | 0.09 | 4.69 | ||||
Poor | 281 | 52.04 | 579 | 64.33 | ||
Adequate | 192 | 35.56 | 196 | 21.78 | ||
Good | 67 | 12.41 | 125 | 13.89 | ||
Potential breeding sites | 0.29 | 7.26 | ||||
Burrow pit | 37 | 6.85 | 79 | 8.78 | ||
Earth well | 23 | 4.26 | 105 | 11.67 | ||
Built well | 152 | 28.15 | 171 | 19.00 | ||
Tank/pond | 80 | 14.81 | 144 | 16.00 | ||
Paddy field | 48 | 8.89 | 116 | 12.89 | ||
Cemented tank | 12 | 2.22 | 32 | 3.56 | ||
None | 188 | 34.81 | 253 | 28.11 | ||
Use of protective measures | 0.01 | 16.63 | ||||
Residual spraying | 36 | 6.67 | 8 | 0.89 | ||
Bed net | 402 | 74.44 | 534 | 59.33 | ||
Covering eve and window | 16 | 2.96 | 39 | 4.33 | ||
Mosquito coil | 16 | 2.96 | 123 | 13.67 | ||
Integrated approach | 58 | 10.74 | 143 | 15.89 | ||
Other | 1 | 0.19 | 23 | 2.56 | ||
None | 11 | 2.04 | 30 | 3.33 | ||
Past malaria infection | 0.51 | 0.42 | ||||
Yes | 7 | 1.30 | 4 | 0.44 | ||
No | 533 | 98.70 | 896 | 99.56 | ||
Spraying status of the house | 0.00 | 85.41 | ||||
Sprayed | 96 | 17.78 | 54 | 6.00 | ||
Overdue | 106 | 19.63 | 767 | 85.22 | ||
Unsprayed | 338 | 62.59 | 88 | 9.78 |