Table 3

Knowledge, belief and practices about djèkouadjo among household heads in Zatta and Adibrobo, central Côte d'Ivoire
Variable
 Total
 Wealth quintiles
 CI
 SE
 t-test (CI)







Poorest
(n = 47)
 Very poor
(n = 46)
 Poor
(n = 49)
 Less poor
(n = 44)
 Least poor
(n = 46)


Symptoms








     Fever
 70
 79
 67
 57
 64
 85
 0.009
 0.048
 0.18
     Loss of appetite
 48
 45
 50
 44
 48
 54
 0.028
 0.019
 1.51
     Headache
 34
 30
 33
 33
 39
 37
 0.047
 0.010
 4.96*
     Yellow eyes
 32
 28
 28
 33
 39
 35
 0.061
 0.013
 4.68*
     Yellow urine
 28
 30
 24
 33
 30
 26
 -0.005
 0.024
 -0.21
     Vomiting
 13
 17
 13
 6
 18
 9
 -0.075
 0.084
 -0.89
Perceived cause of malaria








     Sun
 74
 79
 67
 84
 77
 61
 -0.028
 0.030
 -0.92
     Mosquitoes
 65
 47
 67
 53
 68
 89
 0.105
 0.043
 2.44*
     God
 7
 6
 13
 6.
 7
 2.
 -0.171
 0.124
 -1.38
     Sorcerer
 6
 4
 13
 6
 5
 0
 -0.241
 0.205
 -1.17
     Ancestor
 3
 2
 7
 2.
 3
 0
 -0.263
 0.198
 -1.33
Modern treatment








     Pill
 91
 86
 88
 100
 93
 85
 0.004
 0.018
 0.24
     Injection
 45
 57
 47
 38
 31
 45
 -0.073
 0.045
 -1.63
     Perfusion
 7
 0
 12
 8
 6
 5
 0.063
 0.213
 0.29
     Drinking solution
 4
 0
 6
 8
 0
 4
 0.069
 0.229
 0.30
Modern prevention








     Insecticide spray
 39
 20
 37
 33
 50
 58
 0.183
 0.056
 3.29*
     Bed net
 16
 7
 7
 13
 24
 30
 0.324
 0.048
 6.80*
     Fumigating coil
 4
 6
 4
 4
 5
 2
 -0.154
 0.071
 -2.17*
Traditional treatment








     Herbal tea
 48
 55
 54
 41
 57
 35
 -0.064
 0.044
 -1.48
     Enema
 31
 23
 35
 33
 32
 33
 0.040
 0.040
 1.02
     Washings
 8.
 9
 4
 8
 2
 17
 0.153
 0.156
 0.99
Traditional prevention








     Herbal tea
 43
 41
 64
 40
 50
 13
 -0.136
 0.122
 -1.12
     Enema
 41
 41
 36
 40
 20
 75
 0.0960
 0.111
 0.87
     Does not know
 17
 18
 9.
 30
 30
 0
 -0.0650
 0.2113
 -0.31
Avoidance of modern medicine








     High cost
 61
 61
 67
 62
 61
 58
 -0.015
 0.011
 -1.30
     Treatment inefficient
 16
 15
 16
 17
 20
 11
 -0.017
 0.061
 -0.27
     Unfriendly staff
 7
 7
 9
 6
 7
 7
 -0.021
 0.029
 -0.74
Avoidance of traditional medicine








     Lengthy healing process
 17
 19
 15
 18
 9
 24
 0.016
 0.082
 0.20
     High cost
 6.
 4
 9
 6
 7
 4
 -0.021
 0.086
 -0.25
     Treatment inefficient
 3
 0
 9
 2
 5
 2
 0.003
 0.241
 0.01
     Does not know
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -0.797
 0.180
 -4.44
Actions against mosquitoes








     Removal of vegetation
 60
 52
 65
 49
 61
 71
 0.045
 0.030
 1.54
     Removal of stagnant water
 46
 44
 47
 37
 48
 58
 0.051
 0.033
 1.55
     Insecticide spray
 24
 13
 30
 16
 36
 24
 0.096
 0.082
 1.16
     Bush fire
 8
 9
 6
 6
 11
 7
 0.008
 0.060
 0.13

Essé et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:224   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-224

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