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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents who reported fever within 2 weeks in the endemic regions of Myanmar, 2015

From: Awareness of malaria and treatment-seeking behaviour among persons with acute undifferentiated fever in the endemic regions of Myanmar

Characteristics

 

Total

Reported fever within 2 weeks n (%, 95% CI)

p value

Age group

   

p < 0.001

Under 5

2673

250 (9.4, 7.2–12.0)

 

5–14

6638

337 (5.1, 3.3–7.3)

 

15–59

18,989

510 (2.7, 1.3–5.4)

 

60 and above

2793

83 (3.0, 1.2–4.8)

 

Sex

   

p = 0.09

Male

15,069

599 (4.0, 3.0–6.1)

 

Female

16,096

581 (3.6, 2.4–5.0)

 

Occupation

   

p < 0.001

Agriculture

18,950

625(3.4, 2.0–5.0)

 

Seller

2316

73(3.2, 1.4–5.5)

 

Casual labour

6719

325(4.8, 2.9–7.0)

 

Others

2785

138(5.0, 3.0–6.9)

 

Education

   

p = 0.088

Illiterate

4429

182(4.1, 3.0–5.0)

 

Up to primary

17,234

660(3.8, 2.3–5.5)

 

High school

8191

310(4.0, 2.8–5.4)

 

Higher education

805

18(2.2, 1.6–3.0)

 

Townships

   

p = 0.18

RAI

11,775

471(4.0, 3.1–5.0)

 

Non-RAI Townships

18,995

702(3.7, 2.8–4.8)

 

Knowledge about malaria

   

p = 0.04

High

1432

69(4.8, 3.0–6.8)

 

Low

29,733

1111(3.7, 2.6–5.0)

 
  1. Weighted estimates given
  2. RAI Regional Artemisinin Resistance Initiative