Table 2 Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation (r) for measures of the measured the perceived FOI, adoption, SOP and related constructs, Jimma, 2019 (N = 205)

1

Competence/self-efficacy

1

2

Perceived malaria severity

0.05

1

3

Perceived malaria risk

−0.01

0.42^b

1

4

Perceived community support

0.01

−0.01

0.03

1

5

Perceived school climate

−0.10

−0.05

0.18^a

0.08

1

6

Perceived FOI

0.32^b

0.24^b

0.10

0.20^b

−0.19^b

1

7

Perceived degree of adoption

0.34^b

−0.07

−0.07

0.15^a

0.09

0.33^b

1

8

Perceived SOP

0.36^b

0.06

0.14^a

0.15^a

−0.04

0.45^b

0.43^b

1

9

Number of items

8

5

4

4

8

9

5

6

10

Scale range

8–40

5–25

4–20

4–20

8–40

9–45

5–25

6–30

11

Means

35.28

14.33

14.29

7.12

31.22

33.50

17.76

25.93

12

Standard deviations

4.37

3.05

4.34

1.95

6.73

6.92

2.55

4.32