Table 6 Association of participants’ knowledge about malaria with their educational status and monthly income
Variables | Educational status | Household monthly income | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not educated | Educated | OR | 95 % CI | <GN 32,000 | ≥NGN 32,000 | OR | 95 % CI | |
Heard about malaria | 65 (91.5) | 418 (96.3) | 2.41 | 0.91, 6.39 | 206 (94.9) | 277 (96.2) | 1.35 | 0.57, 3.16 |
Causes | ||||||||
 Mosquito bites | 33 (50.8) | 341 (81.6) | 4.30 | 2.49, 7.41* | 171 (83.0) | 203 (73.3) | 0.56 | 0.36, 0.88* |
 Stagnant water | 3 (4.6) | 19 (4.5) | 0.98 | 0.28, 3.42 | 10 (4.9) | 12 (4.3) | 0.89 | 0.38, 2.10 |
 Poor personal hygiene | 45 (10.8) | 2 (3.1) | 3.80 | 0.90, 16.06 | 22 (10.7) | 25 (9.0) | 0.83 | 0.45, 1.52 |
 Do not know | 27 (41.5) | 74 (17.7) | 0.31 | 0.17, 0.53* | 32 (15.5) | 69 (24.9) | 1.81 | 1.13, 2.87* |
Signs and symptoms | ||||||||
 Fever | 43 (66.2) | 333 (79.7) | 2.01 | 1.14, 3.53* | 161 (78.2) | 215 (77.6) | 0.97 | 0.63, 1.50 |
 Headache | 9 (13.8) | 43 (10.3) | 0.73 | 0.48, 1.33 | 17 (8.3) | 38 (13.7) | 1.86 | 0.89, 2.43 |
 Weakness | 32 (49.2) | 201 (48.1) | 0.96 | 0.57, 1.61 | 95 (46.1) | 138 (49.8) | 1.16 | 0.81, 1.67 |
 Vomiting | 6 (9.2) | 98 (23.4) | 3.01 | 1.26, 7.19* | 32 (15.5) | 72 (26.0) | 1.91 | 1.20, 3.03* |
 Abdominal pain | 5 (7.7) | 22 (5.3) | 0.74 | 0.62, 1.25 | 19 (9.2) | 31 (11.2) | 1.14 | 0.73, 1.21 |
 Do not know | 12 (18.5) | 50 (12.0) | 0.60 | 0.30, 1.20 | 28 (13.6) | 34 (12.3) | 0.89 | 0.52, 1.52 |
Prevention | ||||||||
 Using bed nets/insecticide | 30 (46.2) | 306 (73.2) | 3.19 | 1.87, 5.44* | 150 (72.8) | 186 (67.1) | 0.76 | 0.51, 1.13 |
 Improving personal hygiene | 8 (12.3) | 95 (22.7) | 2.10 | 0.97, 4.55 | 46 (22.3) | 57 (20.6) | 0.90 | 0.58, 1.40 |
 Medication | 2 (3.1) | 32 (7.7) | 2.61 | 0.61, 11.17 | 17 (8.3) | 17 (6.1) | 0.73 | 0.36, 1.46 |
 Do not know | 3 (4.6) | 46 (11.0) | 2.56 | 0.77, 8.47 | 24 (11.7) | 25 (9.0) | 0.75 | 0.42, 1.36 |