Table 2 Awareness of malaria and the prospective malaria vaccine, n = 500 (100%)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Awareness of the disease called malaria | ||
Yes | 500 | 100.0 |
No | 0 | 0.0 |
Local name of malaria | ||
Iba | 350 | 70.0 |
Akum | 130 | 26.0 |
Others | 20 | 4.0 |
Awareness of causes of malaria | ||
Curse from God | 31 | 6.2 |
Evil spirit | 20 | 4.0 |
Mosquito | 449 | 89.8 |
Manifestations of malaria experienced (symptoms)a | ||
Fever | 431 | 86.2 |
Headache | 470 | 94.0 |
Cold | 74 | 14.8 |
Swollen eyes | 5 | 1.0 |
Bitter tongue | 177 | 35.4 |
Deep yellow urine | 132 | 26.4 |
Running stomach | 0 | 0 |
Awareness of prospective malaria vaccine | ||
No | 257 | 51.4 |
Yes | 243 | 48.6 |