Table 1 |
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Perceived causes of malaria |
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| Perceived cause |
% Responses (n = 368) |
χ2 Test |
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| Village |
Age |
Gender |
Education |
Occupation |
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| Working in the sun |
0.8 |
0.225 |
0.911 |
0.966 |
0.143 |
0.227 |
| Long rains/Being rained on |
12.5 |
0.000 |
0.908 |
0.709 |
0.093 |
0.061 |
| Wet and cold condition |
10.6 |
0.363 |
0.715 |
0.870 |
0.942 |
0.275 |
| Working in rice paddies |
3 |
0.451 |
0.174 |
0.930 |
0.083 |
0.255 |
| Mosquito bite |
94.6 |
0.154 |
0.000 |
0.914 |
0.850 |
0.973 |
| Eating raw foods/mangoes |
5.2 |
0.000 |
0.804 |
0.001 |
0.443 |
0.204 |
| Evil spirit/Demons/Witchcraft |
0.3 |
0.127 |
0.981 |
0.644 |
0.626 |
0.953 |
| Taking dirty/Polluted water |
4.1 |
0.081 |
0.009 |
0.648 |
0.210 |
0.850 |
| From another person with malaria |
0.8 |
0.479 |
1 |
0.687 |
0.805 |
0.382 |
| Stagnant water |
16 |
0.467 |
0.532 |
0.430 |
0.122 |
0.113 |
| Dirty home surroundings/Environment |
4.6 |
0.019 |
0.699 |
0.689 |
0.316 |
0.283 |
| Don't know |
1.1 |
0.532 |
0.000 |
0.687 |
0.135 |
0.846 |
| Others |
2.4 |
0.001 |
0.002 |
0.432 |
0.404 |
0.620 |
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Ng'ang'a et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:146 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-146 |
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