Characteristic | Total (n = 9603) | Bago Region (n = 3667) | Other regions (n = 5936) | P value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Social demographic characteristics | |||||||
 Category of migrant worksites | |||||||
  Category 1 | 590 | 6.1 | 183 | 5.0 | 407 | 6.9 |  |
  Category 2 | 2717 | 28.3 | 705 | 19.2 | 2012 | 33.9 |  |
  Category 3 | 6296 | 65.6 | 2779 | 75.8 | 3517 | 59.2 | < 0.001 |
 Number of accompanying family members | |||||||
  1 | 778 | 8.1 | 189 | 5.2 | 589 | 9.9 |  |
  2–3 | 3497 | 36.4 | 1164 | 31.7 | 2333 | 39.3 |  |
  4–5 | 3310 | 34.5 | 1417 | 38.6 | 1893 | 31.9 |  |
  > 5 | 2018 | 21.0 | 897 | 24.5 | 1121 | 18.9 | < 0.001 |
 Education level of respondent | |||||||
  Illiterate, read and write | 2385 | 24.8 | 1095 | 29.9 | 1290 | 21.7 |  |
  Primary and middle school | 6244 | 65.0 | 2245 | 61.2 | 3999 | 67.4 |  |
  High school and above | 974 | 10.2 | 327 | 8.9 | 647 | 10.9 | < 0.001 |
Migration patterns | |||||||
 Duration of stay (months) | |||||||
  ≤ 12 | 4407 | 45.9 | 1357 | 37.1 | 3050 | 51.4 |  |
  13–23 | 1651 | 17.2 | 955 | 26.0 | 696 | 11.7 |  |
  24–35 | 1038 | 10.8 | 519 | 14.1 | 519 | 8.8 |  |
  ≥ 36 | 2309 | 26.1 | 836 | 22.8 | 1671 | 28.1 | < 0.001 |
 Seasonal migration | |||||||
  Yes | 3515 | 36.6 | 1453 | 39.6 | 2062 | 34.7 |  |
  No | 6088 | 63.4 | 2214 | 60.4 | 3874 | 65.3 | < 0.001 |
 Intention to move out within 1 year | |||||||
  Yes | 2630 | 27.4 | 761 | 20.8 | 1869 | 31.5 |  |
  No | 6973 | 72.6 | 2906 | 79.2 | 4067 | 68.5 | < 0.001 |
Awareness of malaria | |||||||
 Health staff visited for malaria-related reasons | |||||||
  Yes | 5403 | 56.3 | 1655 | 45.1 | 3748 | 63.1 |  |
  No | 4200 | 43.7 | 2012 | 54.9 | 2188 | 36.9 | < 0.001 |
 Received any form of IEC on malaria | |||||||
  Yes | 2979 | 31.0 | 1230 | 33.5 | 1749 | 29.5 |  |
  No | 6624 | 69.0 | 2437 | 66.5 | 4187 | 70.5 | < 0.001 |
 Malaria symptoms knowna | |||||||
  Yes | 2809 | 29.3 | 1225 | 33.4 | 1584 | 26.7 |  |
  No | 6794 | 70.7 | 2442 | 66.6 | 4352 | 73.3 | < 0.001 |
 Awareness of means to diagnose malariab | |||||||
  Yes | 6870 | 71.5 | 2082 | 56.8 | 4788 | 80.7 |  |
  No | 2733 | 28.5 | 1585 | 43.2 | 1148 | 19.3 | < 0.001 |