Variables and responses | Malaria cases (Zone 1) | p-value | Malaria cases (Zone 2) | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Number | % |  | Number | % |  |
a) Tribe | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  No | 111 | 47.03 | ns | 7 | 25.93 | ns |
  Yes | 58 | 45.31 |  | 34 | 44.16 |  |
b) Educational level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  No formal education | 71 | 42.51 | 0.02 | 10 | 38.46 | ns |
  Primary | 60 | 52.17 |  | 30 | 56.60 |  |
  Secondary | 37 | 50.68 |  | 13 | 61.90 |  |
  Tertiary | 1 | 11.11 |  | 0 | 0.00 |  |
c) Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Unemployed | 25 | 60.98 | ns | 6 | 31.58 | ns |
  Farmer | 51 | 45.54 |  | 15 | 45.45 |  |
  Daily labour | 22 | 57.89 |  | 4 | 44.44 |  |
  Service | 8 | 36.36 |  | 1 | 16.67 |  |
  Business | 22 | 44.90 |  | 1 | 25.00 |  |
  House work | 30 | 36.14 |  | 10 | 41.67 |  |
  Student | 10 | 58.82 |  | 4 | 57.14 |  |
d) Family member | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  <6 | 86 | 40.95 | 0.05 | 20 | 30.77 | 0.03 |
  6-10 | 78 | 53.79 |  | 19 | 51.35 |  |
  >10 | 5 | 55.56 |  | 2 | 100.00 |  |
e) Monthly income of the family | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  < 70 US$ | 52 | 54.74 | 0.05 | 6 | 42.86 | ns |
  70-140 US$ | 75 | 39.47 |  | 33 | 40.24 |  |
  141-280 US$ | 27 | 45.76 |  | 2 | 25.00 |  |
  > 280 US$ | 15 | 75.00 |  | 0 | 0.00 |  |
f) Roof of the house | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Straw/thatch | 38 | 51.35 | ns | 17 | 48.57 |  |
  Tin | 130 | 45.14 |  | 22 | 32.84 | ns |
  Concrete/Cement | 1 | 50.00 |  | 2 | 100.00 |  |
g) Partition of the house | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Jute stick/bamboo | 20 | 31.25 | 0.01 | 14 | 53.85 | ns |
  Tin | 3 | 20.00 |  | 5 | 25.00 |  |
  Concrete/Cement | 25 | 53.19 |  | 4 | 25.00 |  |
  Mud | 121 | 51.27 |  | 18 | 42.86 |  |
h) Floor of the house | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Mud | 141 | 47.64 | ns | 34 | 43.04 | ns |
  Cemented | 10 | 38.46 |  | 7 | 28.00 |  |
  Semi-Cemented | 13 | 54.17 |  | 0 | 0 |  |
  Other | 5 | 27.78 |  | 0 | 0 |  |