From: Predictors of malaria-association with rubber plantations in Thailand
Categorical variables | No. (%) of malaria-affected households (n = 70) | No. (%) of malaria-unaffected households (n = 243) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Hamlet settlement | Â | Â | <0.001* |
 Ban Hin Tern | 44 (62.9) | 58 (23.9) |  |
 Others | 26 (37.1) | 185 (76.1) |  |
Household economic status | Â | Â | 0.016** |
 Low class | 34 (48.6) | 73 (30.0) |  |
 Middle class | 19 (27.1) | 87 (35.8) |  |
 High class | 17 (24.3) | 83 (34.2) |  |
Domestic animals present | (n = 65) | (n = 233) | 0.154 |
 Yes | 33 (50.8) | 93 (39.9) |  |
 No | 32 (49.2) | 140 (60.1) |  |
Distance from the nearest road | (n = 64) | (n = 219) | 0.015* |
 ≤10 m | 26 (40.6) | 129 (58.9) |  |
 >10 m | 38 (59.4) | 90 (41.1) |  |
Distance from the nearest reservoir connecting brooks | (n = 64) | (n = 219) | <0.001** |
 Absence within 500 m | 29 (45.3) | 41 (18.7) |  |
 Presence ≤200 m | 6 (9.4) | 73 (33.3) |  |
 Presence >200 m | 29 (45.3) | 105 (48.0) |  |
IRS coveragea | Â | Â | 0.212 |
 Not receiving | 18 (25.7) | 81 (33.3) |  |
 Receiving irregularly | 42 (60.0) | 142 (58.4) |  |
 Receiving regularly | 10 (14.3) | 20 (8.3) |  |
ITNs/LLINs coverageb | Â | Â | <0.001* |
 Not receiving | 18 (25.7) | 130 (53.5) |  |
 Receiving | 52 (74.3) | 113 (46.5) |  |
Utilization of mosquito nets | Â | Â | 0.004** |
 Non-use | 0 (0.0) | 14 (5.7) |  |
 Sleeping under nets | 33 (47.1) | 153 (63.0) |  |
 Sleeping under nets/ITNs/ LLINs intermittently | 19 (27.1) | 40 (16.5) |  |
 Sleeping under ITNs/LLINs only | 18 (25.8) | 36 (14.8) |  |