Table 2 Participant’s malaria knowledge causes, symptoms, prevention and cure by place of residence, Magoe, Tete, 2019
Knowledge | Total | Residence | χ2 | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1899 | % | Mphende | Mucumburra | |||||
n = 605 | % | n = 1294 | % | |||||
Fever is malaria symptom | ||||||||
No | 553 | 29.12 | 231 | 38.18 | 322 | 24.88 | 35.32 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 1346 | 70.88 | 374 | 61.82 | 972 | 75.12 | ||
Mosquito bites transmit malaria | ||||||||
No | 155 | 8.16 | 62 | 10.25 | 93 | 7.19 | 5.15 | 0.023 |
Yes | 1744 | 91.84 | 543 | 89.75 | 1201 | 92.81 | ||
Mosquito nets prevent malaria | ||||||||
No | 116 | 6.11 | 50 | 8.26 | 66 | 5.10 | 7.19 | 0.007 |
Yes | 1783 | 93.89 | 555 | 91.74 | 1228 | 94.90 | ||
Malaria is curable | ||||||||
No | 91 | 4.79 | 49 | 8.10 | 42 | 3.25 | 21.30 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 1738 | 91.52 | 534 | 88.26 | 1204 | 93.04 | ||
Don't know | 70 | 3.69 | 22 | 3.64 | 48 | 3.71 | ||
Able to list an antimalarial medicine | ||||||||
No | 410 | 23.59 | 89 | 16.67 | 321 | 26.66 | 20.50 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 1328 | 76.41 | 445 | 83.33 | 883 | 73.34 | ||
Complete knowledge | ||||||||
No | 977 | 51.45 | 324 | 53.55 | 653 | 50.46 | 1.57 | 0.209 |
Yes | 922 | 48.55 | 281 | 46.45 | 641 | 49.54 | ||