A comparison of malaria prevention behaviours, care-seeking practices and barriers between malaria at-risk worksite migrant workers and villagers in Northern Shan State, Myanmar—a mixed method study

Table 1 Population sizes of general, mobile and migrant people in the interviewed worksites and villages

Defined indicators	Worksites	Villages nearby	P-value*
General population
Total number of worksites/villages interviewed	23	20
Median number of workers/villagers (min—max)	33 (6–384)	424 (35–2982)
Total number of workers/villagers	1327	10,352
% of female populations in the interviewed worksite/village	451 (34.0%)	5612 (54.2%)	< 0.001
% of pregnant women in the interviewed worksite/village	9^α (2.0%)	150^µ (2.67%)	0.387
% of under 5 children in the interviewed worksite/village	105 (7.9%)	1380 (13.3%)	< 0.001
Mobile and migrant population
% of worksite/village with any mobile migrant population since their birth	20 (87.0%)	12 (60.0%)	0.043
% of any mobile migrant population since their birth in the approached worksite/village	880 (66.3%)	621 (6.0%)	< 0.001
% of mobile population¹ in the approached worksite/village	173 (13.0%)	124 (1.20%)	< 0.001
% of migrants² in the approached worksite/village	283 (21.3%)	93 (0.90%)	< 0.001

^αN = 451, ^µN = 5612
*Pearson’s Chi-squared test
1 “Mobile” are those persons present in the study location for less than 6 months
2 “Migrant” mean persons who move between townships and are present in the study location for more than 6 months and less than 12 months

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