Variables | Age (years) | Gender | ||||||
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<18 | ≥18 | OR | 95 % CI | Female | Male | OR | 95 % CI | |
Heard about malaria | 143 (94.1) | 340 (96.3) | 1.65 | 0.69, 3.94 | 184 (94.4) | 299 (96.5) | 1.63 | 0.69, 3.82 |
Causes | ||||||||
 Mosquito bites | 117 (81.8) | 247 (72.6) | 0.59 | 0.36, 0.96* | 117 (63.6) | 247 (82.6) | 2.72 | 1.78, 4.16* |
 Stagnant water | 3 (2.1) | 9 (2.6) | 1.27 | 0.34, 4.76 | 4 (2.2) | 8 (2.7) | 1.24 | 0.37, 4.17 |
 Poor personal hygiene | 4 (2.8) | 5 (1.5) | 0.52 | 0.14, 1.96 | 3 (1.6) | 6 (2.0) | 1.24 | 0.31, 5.01 |
 Do not know | 19 (13.3) | 79 (23.2) | 1.98 | 1.15, 3.41* | 60 (32.6) | 38 (12.7) | 0.30 | 0.20, 0.48* |
Signs and symptoms | ||||||||
 Fever | 114 (79.7) | 262 (77.1) | 0.85 | 0.53, 1.38 | 127 (69.0) | 249 (83.3) | 2.24 | 1.45, 3.46* |
 Headache | 12 (8.4) | 38 (11.2) | 1.37 | 0.70, 2.71 | 14 (7.6) | 36 (12.0) | 1.66 | 0.87, 3.17 |
 Weakness | 49 (34.3) | 184 (54.1) | 2.26 | 1.51, 3.40* | 91 (49.5) | 142 (47.5) | 0.92 | 0.64, 1.34 |
 Vomiting | 6 (4.2) | 49 (14.4) | 3.85 | 1.61, 0.19* | 18 (9.8) | 37 (12.4) | 1.30 | 0.72, 2.36 |
 Abdominal pain | 7 (4.9) | 42 (12.4) | 2.74 | 1.20, 6.25 | 23 (12.5) | 26 (8.7) | 0.67 | 0.37, 1.21 |
 Do not know | 15 (10.5) | 45 (13.2) | 1.30 | 0.70, 2.42 | 35 (19.0) | 25 (8.4) | 0.39 | 0.23, 0.67* |
Prevention | ||||||||
 Using bed nets/insecticide | 112 (78.3) | 224 (65.9) | 0.53 | 0.34, 0.84* | 97 (52.7) | 239 (79.9) | 3.57 | 2.38, 5.36* |
 Improving personal hygiene | 31 (21.7) | 72 (21.2) | 0.97 | 0.60, 1.56 | 20 (10.9) | 83 (27.8) | 3.15 | 1.86, 5.35* |
 Medication | 10 (7.0) | 24 (7.1) | 1.01 | 0.50, 2.17 | 3 (1.6) | 31 (10.4) | 6.98 | 2.10, 23.17* |
 Do not know | 6 (4.2) | 15 (4.4) | 1.05 | 0.40, 2.77 | 12 (6.5) | 9 (3.0) | 0.45 | 0.18, 1.08 |