Table 2 Bivariate analysis for factors associated with contracting malaria in Ward 6 of Beitbridge District for week 36 to Week 44, 2017
From: Malaria outbreak investigation in a rural area south of Zimbabwe: a case–control study
Variable | Category | Cases | Controls | OR | 95% CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 36 | 33 | 0.85 | 0.45–1.62 | 0.62 |
Female | 39 | 42 | ||||
Education | None/primary | 52 | 52 | 1 | 0.50–2.0 | 1 |
Secondary | 23 | 23 | ||||
Age (years) | ≥ 20 | 54 | 61 | 0.59 | 0.27–1.27 | 0.18 |
< 20 | 21 | 14 | ||||
Income status | Employed | 54 | 53 | 1.07 | 0.53–2.17 | 0.86 |
Dependent | 21 | 22 | ||||
Religion | Apostolic | 13 | 21 | 0.54 | 0.25–1.18 | 0.12 |
Non-apostolic | 63 | 54 | ||||
Village/farm | Mzi/Bishopstone | 35 | 38 | 0.85 | 0.45–1.62 | 0.62 |
Other | 40 | 37 | ||||
House had visible open eaves | Yes | 60 | 43 | 2.97 | 1.44–6.16 | 0.0028* |
No | 15 | 32 | ||||
Residents closed eaves before sunset | No | 15 | 20 | 0.45 | 0.20–1.02 | 0.055* |
Yes | 45 | 27 | ||||
House has conventional windows | No | 40 | 34 | 1.38 | 0.73–2.62 | 0.60 |
Yes | 35 | 41 | ||||
Sleeping in a poorly constructed house | Yes | 64 | 43 | 4.33 | 1.97–9.51 | 0.000* |
Noa | 11 | 32 | ||||
Has LLINs | No | 27 | 38 | 0.55 | 0.28–1.05 | 0.07 |
Yes | 48 | 37 | ||||
Slept under LLIN last night | No | 10 | 9 | 0.81 | 0.29–2.28 | 0.70 |
Yes | 38 | 28 | ||||
Wearing long clothes at night | No | 67 | 60 | 2.10 | 0.83–5.29 | 0.11 |
Yes | 8 | 15 | ||||
Spent evenings | Outdoors | 62 | 51 | 2.24 | 1.04–4.85 | 0.037* |
Indoors | 13 | 24 | ||||
Lived < 1 km from water source | Yes | 44 | 36 | 1.54 | 0.81–2.93 | 0.19 |
No | 31 | 39 | ||||
IRS done in last 8 months | No | 52 | 49 | 1.20 | 0.61–2.38 | 0.60 |
Yes | 23 | 26 | ||||
History of traveling outside Ward 6 | Yes | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
No | 63 | 75 |