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Table 4 Characteristics of study respondents by highest educational level among women. MMIS 2017

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

Characteristics

No education

Primary education

Secondary and above education

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age of the respondents

<.0001

 15–19

13 (1.85)

400 (56.90)

290 (41.25)

 

 20–24

29 (4.18)

336 (48.41)

329 (47.41)

 

 25–29

29 (4.92)

308 (52.20)

253 (42.88)

 

 30–34

43 (7.48)

311 (54.09)

221 (38.43)

 

 35–39

44 (10.09)

253 (58.03)

139 (31.88)

 

 40–49

94 (22.17)

239 (56.37)

91 (21.46)

 

Household has radio

<.0001

 No

182 (72.22)

1145 (61.99)

478 (36.13)

 

 Yes

70 (27.78)

702 (38.01)

845 (63.87)

 

Household has television

<.0001

 No

240 (95.24)

1573 (85.17)

629 (47.54)

 

 Yes

12 (4.76)

274 (14.83)

694 (52.46)

 

Wealth index†

<.0001

 Poorest/Poorer/Middle

167 (66.27)

866 (46.89)

136 (10.28)

 

 Richer

52 (20.63)

403 (21.82)

172 (13.00)

 

 Richest

33 (13.10)

578 (31.29)

1015 (76.72)

 

Seen/heard malaria message

<.0001

 No

207 (82.14)

1293 (70.01)

700 (52.91)

 

 Yes

45 (17.86)

554 (29.99)

623 (47.09)

 

Ethnicity

<.0001

 Chewa

104 (41.27)

538 (29.13)

335 (25.32)

 

 Tumbuka

14 (5.56)

363 (19.65)

374 (28.27)

 

 Lomwe

28 (11.11)

270 (14.62)

164 (12.40)

 

 Yao

43 (17.06)

224 (12.13)

91 (6.88)

 

 Ngoni

25 (9.92)

194 (10.50)

173 (13.08)

 

 Other

38 (15.08)

258 (13.97)

186 (14.06)

 

Place of residence

<.0001

 Urban

52 (20.63)

609 (32.97)

941 (71.13)

 

 Rural

200 (79.37)

1248 (67.03)

382 (28.87)

 

Geographical region

<.0001

 Northern

37 (14.68)

590 (31.94)

549 (41.50)

 

 Central

109 (43.25)

648 (35.09)

403 (30.46)

 

 Southern

106 (42.06)

609 (32.97)

371 (28.04)

 
  1. A composite measure of a household’s cumulative living standard. It is calculated by using easy-to-collect data on a household’s ownership of selected assets, such as televisions and bicycles; materials used for housing construction and types of water access and sanitation facilities