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Table 3 Percent of respondents with positive ideation constructs, by region

From: Malaria care-seeking and treatment ideation among gold miners in Guyana

Ideation constructs

Prevalence

Chi-square

Region 1

(n = 157)

Region 7

(n = 386)

Region 8

(n = 202)

Total

(n = 745)

P-value

High knowledge

58.5

59.3

51.7

57.3

0.319

Perceived severity

88.3

95.6

86.7

92.2

0.003**

Perceived susceptibility

62.4

55.2

41.4

52.9

0.006**

Perceived norms

19.8

23.9

12.9

20.5

0.007**

Perceived self-efficacy

65

67

69.7

67.3

0.765

Perceived response efficacy

42.5

55.2

37.8

48.8

 < 0.001***

Positive beliefs

38.9

52.5

48.6

49.4

0.034*

Advocacy/Interpersonal communication

16.4

22.7

16.3

20.1

0.127

  1. *p < 0.5, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.05