Knowledge, attitude and practices of malaria preventive measures among mothers with children under five years in a rural setting of Ghana

Table 6 Partial correlation of demographic variables and mothers’ attitude towards malaria prevention

Measurement	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Age of mother (1)	1.00
Marital status (2)	− 0.231^**	1.00
Number of children under 5 years (3)	0.281^**	− 0.141^*	1.00
Religion (4)	0.130^*	0.039	0.079	1.00
Mother’s level of education (5)	0.152^*	0.021	0.077	− 0.058	1.00
Occupation (6)	− 0.194^**	0.033	− 0.154^**	− 0.238^**	0.189^**	1.00
Malaria health care seeking when child sick (7)	0.057	− 0.005	0.089	0.100	− 0.046	− 0.147^*	1.00
How prompt do seek treatment (8)	0.097	0.162^**	0.125^*	0.090	− 0.023	− 0.332^**		1.00
Where do You seek treatment (9)	− 0.113	0.189^**	0.029	0.102	0.084	− 0.264^**	0.236^**	0.424^**	1.00
Malaria is a life-threatening disease (10)	0.081	0.135^*	0.102	0.155^**	0.174^**	− 0.141^*	0.250^**	0.242^**	0.375^**	1.00
Dangerous not to complete malaria treatment (11)	− 0.033	0.173^**	0.067	0.117	0.173^**	− 0.285^**	0.220^**	0.400^**	0.645^**	0.535^**	1.00
Anyone can get malaria (12)	0.025	0.081	0.054	0.144^*	0.068	− 0.169^**	0.285^**	0.266^**	0.450^**	0.457^**	0.514^**	1.00
Possible to recover from malaria (13)	− 0.047	− 0.008	− 0.102	0.044	0.038	0.227^**	− 0.142^*	− 0.129^*	− 0.153^*	− 0.184^**	− 0.165^**	− 0.124^*	1.00

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