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Table 3 Public awareness of malaria in rural China

From: Public awareness of malaria in the middle stage of national malaria elimination programme. A cross-sectional survey in rural areas of malaria-endemic counties, China

Items

Awareness (%)

χ2

P

Total

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Part A basic malaria understanding

 Aware of malaria

76.3

89.9

78.3

60.2

99.8

<0.01

 Malaria is infectious disease

36.3

38.4

37.9

32.1

4.4

0.11

 Malaria can be cured

68.7

70.8

75.1

58.2

31.3

<0.01

Part B basic malaria knowledge

53.5

59.3

56.5

44.0

  

 Major symptoms of malaria attacked

  Fever

53.4

59.4

60.0

39.1

48.1

<0.01

  Chills

56.2

64.9

57.3

46.3

28.6

<0.01

  Sweating

31.6

45.5

30.3

19.4

64.4

<0.01

  Knows at least one symptoms

69.0

82.2

70.9

53.5

79.0

<0.01

 Causes of malaria

 

  Mosquito bites

34.6

49.8

32.8

21.6

71.6

<0.01

  Bad food

56.6

56.4

65.2

45.8

34.7

<0.01

  Malnutrition

38.2

41.6

38.4

34.3

4.5

0.1

  At least one answer is corrected

69.0

74.3

74.6

56.5

42.2

<0.01

 Prevention knowledge

  Taking medicine against malaria before going to endemic area

54.0

64.4

56.3

40.8

46.8

<0.01

  Faraway from animals attacked by mosquitoes

54.0

54.5

60.8

45.0

22.6

<0.01

  Anti-mosquitoes

63.3

68.6

70.7

48.5

54.7

<0.01

  Knows at least one prevention

74.9

86.6

78.6

58.5

91.3

<0.01

 Treatment-seeking when suffering from malaria

85.2

77.7

88.2

88.8

25.6

<0.01