Table 1 socio-demographic characteristics of respondents for knowledge towards malaria prevention and control methods in West Belessa, North west Ethiopia, 2019
Variable | N = 766 | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–24 | 50 | 6.5 |
25–34 | 199 | 26 | |
35–44 | 242 | 31.6 | |
45–54 | 173 | 22.6 | |
55–64 | 70 | 9.1 | |
> 64 | 32 | 4.2 | |
Sex | Male | 419 | 54.7 |
Female | 347 | 45.3 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 760 | 99.2 |
Others | 6 | 0.8 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 672 | 87.7 |
Literate | 49 | 6.4 | |
Formal education | 45 | 5.9 | |
Marital status | Married | 691 | 90.2 |
Divorced | 26 | 3.4 | |
Not married | 36 | 4.7 | |
Widowed | 13 | 1.7 | |
Number of sleeping spaces | 1 | 373 | 48.7 |
2 | 318 | 41.5 | |
≥3 | 75 | 9.8 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 174 | 22.7 |
Poor | 146 | 19.1 | |
Medium | 145 | 18.9 | |
Wealthy | 157 | 20.5 | |
Wealthiest | 144 | 18.8 |