Characteristics | Sought treatment from public sector | Crude OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 7997) | Yes (n = 1606) | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | |||||
General characteristics | ||||||||
 Region | ||||||||
  Other regionsa | 5035 | 84.8 | 901 | 15.2 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Bago Region | 2962 | 80.8 | 705 | 19.2 | 1.3 (1.2–1.5) | < 0.001 | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | < 0.001 |
 Category of work site | ||||||||
  Category 3a | 5350 | 85.0 | 946 | 15.0 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Category 2 | 2226 | 81.9 | 491 | 18.1 | 1.8 (1.5–2.2) | < 0.001 | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | < 0.001 |
  Category 1 | 421 | 71.4 | 169 | 28.6 | 2.3 (1.9–2.7) | < 0.001 | 2.3 (1.9–2.9) | < 0.001 |
 Education level | ||||||||
  Illiterate, read, writea | 2014 | 84.4 | 371 | 15.6 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Primary and middle | 5203 | 83.3 | 1041 | 16.7 | 1.4 (1.1–1.6) |  | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) | 1.00 |
  High school and above | 780 | 80.1 | 194 | 19.9 | 1.2 (1.1–1.5) | 0.01 | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 1.00 |
Migration patterns | ||||||||
 Seasonal migration | ||||||||
  Noa | 5004 | 82.2 | 1084 | 17.8 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Yes | 2993 | 85.1 | 522 | 14.9 | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | 0.00 | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.08 |
 Duration of stay (year) | ||||||||
  < 1a | 4053 | 92.0 | 354 | 8.0 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  ≥ 1 | 3944 | 75.9 | 1252 | 24.1 | 3.6 (3.2–4.1) | 0.00 | 3.5 (3.1–4.0) | < 0.001 |
Awareness of malaria | ||||||||
 Received any form of IEC on malaria | ||||||||
  Noa | 5689 | 85.9 | 935 | 14.1 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Yes | 2308 | 77.5 | 671 | 22.5 | 1.8 (1.6–2.0) | < 0.001 | 1.2 (1.0–1.3) | 0.02 |
 Health staff visited for malaria related reasons | ||||||||
  Noa | 3617 | 86.1 | 583 | 13.9 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Yes | 4380 | 81.1 | 1023 | 18.9 | 1.5 (1.3–1.6) | < 0.001 | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) | 0.65 |
 Malaria symptoms known | ||||||||
  Noa | 5741 | 84.5 | 1053 | 15.5 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Yes | 2256 | 80.3 | 553 | 19.7 | 1.3 (1.2–1.5) | < 0.001 | 1.7 (1.4–2.2) | < 0.001 |
 Aware of diagnosis of malaria | ||||||||
  Noa | 2392 | 87.5 | 341 | 12.5 | 1.0 |  | 1.0 |  |
  Yes | 5605 | 81.6 | 1265 | 18.4 | 1.6 (1.4–1.8) | < 0.001 | 1.4 (1.2–1.7) | < 0.001 |