Table 1 Habitat characteristics and the occurrence of Anopheles larvae from October 2020 to May 2021 in two sites in southern Ghana
From: Larval habitat stability and productivity in two sites in Southern Ghana
Characteristics | Categories | Anopheles present no/Total No. (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Study site | Anyakpor | 112/343 (32.7) | p = 0.000 χ2 = 22.3392 |
Dodowa | 56/92(60.8) | ||
Habitat type | Man-made pond | 31/145 (21.4) | p = 0.000 χ2 = 36.5267 |
Well | 87/214 (40.4) | ||
Swamp | 10/21 (47.6) | ||
Puddle | 33/43 (76.7) | ||
Furrow | 7/12 (58.3) | ||
Total | 168/435 (38.6) | ||
Land-use type | Farmland | 119/363 (32.8) | p = 0.000 χ2 = 24.3645 |
Road | 24/40 (60.0) | ||
Compound/Home | 9/9 (100) | ||
Water body | 16/23 (66.7) | ||
Presence of culicines | Absent | 112/308 (36.4) | p = 0.132 χ2 = 2.2671 |
Present | 196/308 (63.6) | ||
Habitat size categorized |  < 10 m | 133/323 (41.2) | p = 0.033 χ2 = 6.8114 |
10–100 m | 31/106 (29.3) | ||
 > 100 m | 4/6 (66.7) | ||
Vegetation cover categorized | None | 54/123 (43.9) | p = 0.001 χ2 = 19.9549 |
 < 24% | 44/83 (53.0) | ||
25–49% | 19/46 (41.3) | ||
50–74% | 21/59 (35.6) | ||
75–100% | 30/124 (23.2) | ||
Presence of algae | Absent | 106/284 (37.3) | p = 0.446 χ2 = 0.5804 |
Present | 178/284 (62.7) | ||
Surface debris | Absent | 43/126 (34.1) | p = 0.219 χ2 = 1.5110 |
Present | 83/126 (65.9) | ||
Emergent plant | Absent | 107/252 (42.5) | p = 0.014 |
|  | Present | 145/252 (57.5) | χ2 = 3.7254 |