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) |  |