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Table 4 Malaria knowledge factors associated with malaria and its prevalence

From: Burden of malaria in mobile populations in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross- sectional study

Variable

No malaria

Malaria

p value

History of fever

0.147

 No

124 (81.58)

28 (18.42)

 Yes

207 (86.97)

31(13.03)

Have a bed net

0.065

 No

302 (83.89)

58 (16.11)

 Yes

29 (96.67)

1 (3.33)

Know malaria

0.482

 No

20 (80.00)

5 (20.00)

 Yes

311 (85.21)

54 (14.79)

Malaria transmission

0.277

 No

44 (80.00)

11 (20.00)

 Yes

287 (85.67)

48 (14.33)

Prevention methods

0.377

 No

47 (81.03)

11 (18.97)

 Yes

284 (85.54)

48 (14.46)

  1. No malaria absence of malaria parasites in the blood analysed, Malaria presence of malaria parasites in the blood analysed