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Table 3 Characteristics of study respondents by malaria knowledgea among women. MMIS 2017

From: Levels of knowledge regarding malaria causes, symptoms, and prevention measures among Malawian women of reproductive age

 

Low

Medium

High

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age of the respondents

0.0002

 15–19

242 (34.4)

160 (22.8)

301 (42.8)

 

 20–24

205 (29.5)

154 (22.2)

335 (48.3)

 

 25–29

152 (25.8)

142 (24.1)

296 (50.1)

 

 30–34

151 (26.2)

128 (22.3)

296 (51.5)

 

 35–39

106 (24.3)

94 (21.6)

236 (54.1)

 

 40–49

116 (27.4)

70 (16.5)

238 (56.1)

 

Highest educational level

<.0001

 No formal education

144 (45.3)

56 (22.2)

82 (32.5)

 

 Primary

613 (33.2)

419 (22.7)

815 (44.1)

 

 Secondary and above

245 (18.5)

273 (20.6)

805 (60.9)

 

Household has radio

<.0001

 No

620 (34.2)

408 (22.6)

777 (43.2)

 

 Yes

352 (21.8)

340 (21.0)

925 (57.2)

 

Household has television

<.0001

 No

807 (33.1)

548 (22.4)

1087 (44.5)

 

 Yes

165 (16.9)

200 (20.4)

615 (62.8)

 

Sex of household head

0.9604

 Male

717 (28.5)

550 (21.9)

1247 (49.6)

 

 Female

255 (28.1)

198 (21.8)

455 (50.1)

 

Wealth index

<.0001

 Poorest/Poorer/Middle

463 (39.6)

275 (23.5)

431 (36.9)

 

 Richer

183 (29.2)

136 (21.7)

308 (49.1)

 

 Richest

326 (20.1)

337 (20.7)

963 (59.2)

 

Seen/heard malaria message

<.0001

 No

717 (32.6)

497 (22.6)

986 (44.8)

 

 Yes

255 (20.9)

251 (20.5)

716 (58.6)

 

Ethnicity

<.0001

 Chewa

327 (33.5)

219 (22.4)

431 (44.1)

 

 Tumbuka

189 (25.2)

138 (18.4)

424 (56.5)

 

 Lomwe

116 (25.1)

115 (24.9)

231 (50.0)

 

 Yao

133 (37.2)

84 (23.5)

141 (39.4)

 

 Ngoni

89 (22.7)

94 (24.0)

209 (53.3)

 

 Other

118 (24.5)

98 (20.3)

266 (55.2)

 

Place of residence

<.0001

 Urban

335 (20.9)

337 (21.0)

930 (58.1)

 

 Rural

637 (35.0)

411 (22.6)

772 (42.4)

 

Region

0.0001

 Northern

294 (25.0)

233 (19.8)

649 (55.2)

 

 Central

358 (30.9)

253 (21.8)

549 (47.3)

 

 Southern

320 (29.5)

262 (24.1)

504 (46.4)

 
  1. aCategorized based on the variable tertiles