Table 3 Malaria knowledge status between participants within and beyond the coverage of community media
Characteristics | Beyond the coverage of community media | Within the coverage of community media | OR | 95Â % CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. with high degree of malaria knowledge/total no. | % | No. with high degree of malaria knowledge/total no. | % | Lower | Upper | ||
Sex | |||||||
 Male | 191/413 | 46.2 | 165/230 | 71.7 | 2.95 | 2.09 | 4.17 |
 Female | 184/463 | 39.7 | 147/215 | 68.4 | 3.28 | 2.33 | 4.62 |
Ethnicity | |||||||
 Han | 272/589 | 46.2 | 202/276 | 73.2 | 3.18 | 2.33 | 4.34 |
 Minorities | 103/287 | 35.9 | 110/169 | 65.1 | 3.33 | 2.24 | 4.96 |
Age | |||||||
 <29 | 57/184 | 31.0 | 62/104 | 59.6 | 3.29 | 1.99 | 5.43 |
 30–44 | 89/207 | 43.0 | 77/118 | 65.3 | 2.49 | 1.56 | 3.98 |
 45–59 | 109/250 | 43.6 | 115/144 | 79.9 | 5.13 | 3.18 | 8.27 |
 >60 | 120/235 | 51.1 | 58/79 | 73.4 | 2.65 | 1.51 | 4.64 |
Education attainment | |||||||
 <7 years | 166/397 | 41.8 | 117/169 | 69.2 | 3.13 | 2.14 | 4.59 |
 7–9 years study | 140/334 | 41.9 | 123/183 | 67.2 | 2.84 | 1.95 | 4.14 |
 >9 years study | 69/145 | 47.6 | 72/93 | 77.4 | 3.78 | 2.10 | 6.78 |
Type of occupation | |||||||
 Self-employed worker | 36/135 | 46.7 | 57/84 | 67.9 | 2.41 | 1.37 | 4.26 |
 Farmer migrant | 224/515 | 43.5 | 192/263 | 73.0 | 3.51 | 2.54 | 4.85 |
 Non-work | 50/142 | 35.2 | 31/51 | 60.8 | 2.85 | 1.48 | 5.51 |
 Worker | 22/38 | 57.9 | 11/14 | 78.6 | 2.67 | 0.64 | 11.14 |
 Students | 16/46 | 34.8 | 21/33 | 63.6 | 3.28 | 1.29 | 8.34 |
Number of household members | |||||||
 <3 | 143/269 | 53.2 | 81/122 | 66.4 | 1.74 | 1.11 | 2.72 |
 3–4 | 180/428 | 42.1 | 175/239 | 73.2 | 3.77 | 2.67 | 5.32 |
 >4 | 45/155 | 29.0 | 47/66 | 71.2 | 6.05 | 3.20 | 11.42 |
Marital status | |||||||
 No | 40/112 | 35.7 | 44/67 | 65.7 | 3.44 | 1.82 | 6.50 |
 Yes | 273/640 | 42.7 | 253/348 | 72.7 | 3.58 | 2.70 | 4.75 |
Type of county | |||||||
 Type-1 | 132/263 | 50.2 | 97/141 | 68.8 | 2.19 | 1.42 | 3.36 |
 Type-2 | 174/345 | 50.4 | 131/170 | 77.1 | 3.30 | 2.18 | 5.00 |
 Type-3 | 69/268 | 25.7 | 84/134 | 62.7 | 4.85 | 3.11 | 7.56 |
Self-assessment of household income level | |||||||
 Low | 134/372 | 36.0 | 123/181 | 68.0 | 3.77 | 2.58 | 5.49 |
 Middle | 202/416 | 48.6 | 163/215 | 75.8 | 3.32 | 2.30 | 4.79 |
 High | 33/77 | 42.9 | 21/44 | 47.7 | 1.22 | 0.58 | 2.56 |
Distance to township hospital (km) | |||||||
 <1 | 109/222 | 49.1 | 85/119 | 71.4 | 2.59 | 1.61 | 4.18 |
 1–2 | 65/187 | 34.8 | 82/119 | 68.9 | 4.16 | 2.55 | 6.80 |
 2–3 | 54/143 | 37.8 | 54/80 | 67.5 | 3.42 | 1.92 | 6.10 |
 >3 | 97/259 | 37.5 | 87/123 | 70.7 | 4.04 | 2.54 | 6.41 |