Addressing key gaps in implementation of mosquito larviciding to accelerate malaria vector control in southern Tanzania: results of a stakeholder engagement process in local district councils

Table 5 Association between the community perception towards larviciding and their socio-demographic characteristics

Category	Variable	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Sex	Male	1.00	–
Sex	Female	0.74 (0.32, 1.70)	0.470
Age category (in years)	18–25	1.00	–
	26–35	0.53 (0.14, 2.58)	0.382
	36–45	0.56 (1.34, 2.76)	0.428
	46–50	0.42 (0.07, 2.36)	0.300
	Above 50	0.60 (0.14, 3.04)	0.497
Education level	No formal education	1.00	–
	Primary (7 years)	2.09 (0.41, 38.20)	0.478
	Secondary (12 years)	1.94 (0.24, 39.90)	0.752
	Tertiary (> 12 years)	7.00 (0.83, 146.87)	0.102
Awareness of larviciding	Aware	1.00	–
Awareness of larviciding	Not aware	0.40 (0.17, 0.93)	0.029*

The odds and p values represent likelihood of certain groups having a favourable opinion of larviciding as a malaria intervention
*Statistically significant difference

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