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Table 2 The proportion of respondents who had fully read, partially read and not read malaria elimination policy by age, gender, work province, job designation, and education

From: Malaria programme personnel’s experiences, perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing malaria elimination strategy in South Africa

Characteristic

Fully read it

n (%)

Not read it at all

n (%)

Partially read it

n (%)

Total

n (%)

p value

Age (n = 44)

 ≤ 30

0 (0.0)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

5 (100)

 

 31–44

2 (13.3)

3 (20.0)

10 (66.7)

15 (100)

 

 45–59

6 (31.6)

5 (26.3)

8 (42.1)

19 (100)

 

 60 +

1 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

3 (60.0)

5 (100)

0.726

Gender (n = 44)

 Female

1 (10.0)

3 (30.0)

6 (60.0)

10 (100)

 

 Male

8 (23.5)

7 (20.6)

19 (55.9)

34 (100)

0.602

Province (n = 44)

 KwaZulu-Natal

4 (23.5)

2 (11.8)

11 (64.7)

17 (100)

 

 Limpopo

1 (6.7)

6 (40.0)

8 (53.3)

15 (100)

 

 Mpumalanga

4 (33.3)

2 (16.7)

6 (50.0)

12 (100)

0.249

Job designation (n = 44)

 Manager

4 (66.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (33.3)

6 (100)

 

 EHP

1 (8.3)

2 (16.7)

9 (75.0)

12 (100)

 

 Entomologist

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (100)

 

 Microscopist

0 (0.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

2 (100)

 

 Team leader

1 (5.6)

7 (38.9)

10 (55.6)

18 (100)

 

 Other

1 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (75.0)

4 (100)

0.010

Education (n = 44)

 Secondary

1 (5.0)

8 (40.0)

11 (55.0)

20 (100)

 

 Undergraduate

4 (40.0)

1 (10.0)

5 (50.0)

10 (100)

 

 Postgraduate

4 (28.6)

1 (7.1)

9 (64.3)

14 (100)

0.042