Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by malaria transmission
Variable | Categories | Malaria incidence (per 1000 population) | Total (N = 431) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High (≥ 1.9/1000) (n = 218) | Low (< 1/1000) (n = 213) | ||||
Gender | Female | 181(55.9) | 143(44.1) | 324 |  < 0.001 |
Male | 37(34.6) | 70(65.4) | 107 | ||
Age group |  < 30 | 39(62.9) | 23(37.1) | 62 | 0.062 |
30–49 | 89(45.9) | 105(54.1) | 194 | ||
 ≥ 50 | 90(51.4) | 85(48.6) | 175 | ||
Education level | No formal | 57(48.3) | 61(51.7) | 118 | 0.843 |
Primary | 101(51.3) | 96(48.7) | 197 | ||
Secondary and higher | 60(51.7) | 56(48.3) | 116 | ||
Wealth indexb | Middle-income | 101(49.5) | 103(50.5) | 204 | 0.745 |
Low-income | 117(51.5) | 110(48.5) | 227 | ||
Occupation | Entrepreneur | 36(51.4) | 34(48.6) | 70 | 0.817 |
Formal employmenta | 8(44.4) | 10(55.6) | 18 | ||
Farming | 120(50.4) | 118(49.6) | 238 | ||
Fishing | 27(46.6) | 31(53.4) | 58 | ||
Other | 27(57.4) | 20(42.6) | 47 | ||
Years living in current shehia |  ≤ 1 | 15(68.2) | 7(31.8) | 22 | 0.029 |
2–5 | 15(71.4) | 6(28.6) | 21 | ||
 ≥ 6 | 188(48.5) | 200(51.5) | 388 | ||