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Table 3 The distribution of some selected socio-demographic risk factors univariate analysis for previous illness of malaria among respondents, Woreta town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of malaria transmission and preventive measures in Woreta town, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency (%)

Independent effects

p-value

House hold respondents (N = 144)

Yes

No

Crude OR

n (%)

n (%)

(95% CI)

Age (years)

15–29a

32 (22.2)

27 (84.4)

5 (15.6)

1.00

0.84

30–45

63 (43.8)

51 (81.0)

12 (19.0)

0.78 (0.251–2.468)

46–60

33 (22.9)

29 (87.9)

4 (12.1)

1.34 (0.326, 5.529)

> 60

16 (11.1)

13 (81.3)

3 (18.7)

0.80 (0.1658, 3.883)

Educational status

Educateda

111 (77.1)

91 (82.0)

20 (18.0)

1.00

0.44

Non-educated

33 (22.9)

29 (87.9)

4 (12.1)

1.59 (0.5036, 5.042)

Sex

Malea

47 (32.6)

39 (83.0)

8 (17.0)

1.00

0.92

Female

97 (67.4)

81 (83.5)

16 (16.5)

1.04 (0.4095, 2.634)

Occupation

Private businessa

43 (29.9)

36 (83.7)

7 (16.3)

1.00

0.32

GO employee

15 (10.4)

10 (66.7)

5 (33.3)

0.39 (0.1014, 1.492)

Daily laborer

29 (20.1)

25 (86.2)

4 (13.8)

1.22 (0.3214, 4.596)

House wife

57 (39.6)

49 (86.0)

8 (14.0)

1.19 (0.3957, 3.584)

Religion

Orthodoxa

76 (52.8)

63 (82.9)

13 (17.1)

1.00

0.41

Muslim

43 (29.9)

38 (88.4)

5 (11.6)

1.57 (0.5183, 4.745)

Protestant

25 (17.4)

19 (76.0)

6 (24.0)

0.65 (0.2186, 1.953)

  1. n number of respondents for the category, OR odds ratio
  2. aReference category