Table 2 Chi-square test of association on respondent’s knowledge, attitude on malaria and mosquito net (N = 9040)
From: Prevalence and associated determinants of malaria parasites among Kenyan children
Variable | N (%) | Prevalence of malaria n (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Importance of hanging a mosquito net to reduce malaria | |||
Extremely important | 6307 (69.76) | 652 (9.7) | < 0.01 |
Important | 2622 (29.00) | 169 (5.36) | |
Not at all | 112 (1.24) | 9 (6.77) | |
Importance of having children sleep under a treated net | |||
Extremely important | 6782 (75.02) | 703 (9.61) | < 0.01 |
Important | 2247 (24.86) | 127 (4.74) | |
Not at all | 11 (0.12) | – | |
Frequency of using net other than sleeping | |||
All the time | 202 (2.24) | 14 (6.93) | < 0.01 |
Sometimes | 1697 (18.77) | 219 (9.87) | |
Never | 7141 (78.99) | 597 (7.87) | |
Treated nets are safe for sleeping | |||
Agree | 8725 (96.51) | 809 (8.35) | 0.31 |
Disagree | 315 (3.49) | 21 (6.73) | |
Most people in the community sleep under a ITN all the time | |||
Agree | 6080 (67.25) | 700 (10.24) | < 0.01 |
Disagree | 2960 (32.75) | 130 (4.10) | |
A net can be hanged everywhere in the house | |||
Agree | 8003 (88.53) | 777 (8.75) | < 0.01 |
Disagree | 1037 (11.47) | 53 (4.71) | |
Risk of malaria is higher in rainy season | |||
Agree | 2577 (28.51) | 236 (7.19) | < 0.01 |
Disagree | 6463 (71.49) | 594 (8.84) | |