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Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of respondents of malaria outbreak in Laelay Adyabo district northern Ethiopia, 2017

From: Risk factors associated with malaria outbreak in Laelay Adyabo district northern Ethiopia, 2017: case-control study design

Variables

Categories

Cases (n = 60)

Controls (n = 120)

No (%)

No (%)

Age range

< 5 years

5 (8.3)

0

5–14 years

14 (23.3)

4 (3.3)

≥15 years

41 (68.3)

116 (96.6)

Sex

Male

43 (71.7)

59 (49.2)

Female

17 (28.3)

61 (50.8)

Occupation

Daily laborer

7 (11.7)

11 (9.2)

Student

13 (21.7)

4 (3.3)

Farmer

31 (51.7)

75 (62.5)

Othersa

9 (15.1)

30 (25)

Marital status

Married

22 (36.6)

91 (75)

Single

36 (60)

20 (16.5)

Othersb

2 (3.4)

9 (7.5)

Educational status

No formal education

24 (40)

57 (47.5)

Primary (1-8th)

33 (55)

54 (47.5)

Secondary +

3 (5)

9 (7.5)

  1. aunderage, government employer, merchant bwidowed and divorced