Table 2 Household head perception on malaria knowledge, prevention and treatment related to their SES
Poorest | Very poor | Poor | Less poor | Wealthiest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N (%) | N = 298 | N = 298 | N = 252 | N = 273 | N = 278 | |
Malaria causes* | ||||||
Mosquitoes | 699 (88.82) | 80.1 | 89.89 | 88.72 | 96.58 | 92.44 |
Dirty water | 375 (47.65) | 15.42 | 57.98 | 50.38 | 72.6 | 52.1 |
Sun | 251 (31.89) | 23.38 | 31.38 | 33.83 | 42.47 | 31.93 |
Bad food | 43 (5.46) | 1.49 | 5.32 | 6.02 | 9.59 | 6.72 |
Fatigue | 41 (5.21) | 5.97 | 5.85 | 5.26 | 4.79 | 3.36 |
Unknow | 13 (1.65) | 2.99 | 0.53 | 2.26 | 0 | 2.52 |
Malaria symptoms* | ||||||
Hot body | 609 (78.38) | 60.71 | 79.14 | 78.63 | 86.9 | 95.76 |
Vomiting | 478 (61.52) | 58.67 | 63.64 | 55.73 | 62.76 | 67.8 |
Pale body | 378 (48.65) | 33.16 | 53.48 | 46.56 | 53.79 | 62.71 |
Yellow eyes | 560 (72.07) | 39.8 | 79.14 | 76.34 | 87.59 | 90.68 |
Yellow urine | 505 (64.99) | 29.08 | 74.87 | 63.36 | 80.69 | 91.53 |
Anaemia | 407 (52.38) | 30.1 | 56.68 | 48.85 | 61.38 | 75.42 |
Malaria frequency on adults | ||||||
Rarely | 875 (63.64) | 68.28 | 65.65 | 63.01 | 57.56 | 63.14 |
Often | 410 (29.82) | 22.76 | 28.57 | 31.3 | 34.69 | 32.48 |
Very often | 90 (6.55) | 8.97 | 5.78 | 5.69 | 7.75 | 4.38 |
Malaria frequency on children | ||||||
Rarely | 118 (8.75) | 6.79 | 9.44 | 6.22 | 5.95 | 15.07 |
Often | 568 (42.14) | 42.14 | 43.01 | 45.23 | 43.12 | 37.5 |
Very often | 662 (49.11) | 51.07 | 47.55 | 48.55 | 50.93 | 47.43 |
Way of treatment | ||||||
Traditional | 34 (2.52) | 3.94 | 2.06 | 3.28 | 2.23 | 1.12 |
Modern | 236 (17.47) | 11.47 | 12.71 | 15.16 | 21.93 | 26.49 |
Both | 1081 (80.01) | 84.59 | 85.22 | 81.56 | 75.84 | 72.39 |
Cost of treatment | ||||||
< 10 000 | 107 (7.76) | 6.19 | 9.46 | 4.49 | 5.17 | 13.04 |
10 000–30 000 | 302 (21.9) | 18.56 | 22.64 | 20.82 | 22.14 | 25.36 |
> 30 000 | 572 (41.48) | 45.02 | 36.15 | 44.9 | 47.6 | 34.42 |
Unknow | 398 (28.86) | 30.24 | 31.76 | 29.8 | 25.09 | 27.17 |
Bed net usage | ||||||
1192 (85.2) | 77.85 | 85.23 | 84.92 | 89.38 | 89.21 | |
Insecticide use in crops | ||||||
1103 (78.84) | 64.09 | 80.54 | 79.76 | 79.49 | 91.37 | |
Insecticide use in houses | ||||||
507 (36.24) | 15.1 | 36.91 | 34.52 | 46.15 | 50.00 | |
Weekly insecticide use in houses | ||||||
< 3 times | 160 (32.72) | 41.46 | 43.93 | 26.51 | 26.23 | 30.88 |
3–4 times | 290 (59.3) | 43.9 | 47.66 | 67.47 | 66.39 | 61.76 |
> 4 times | 39 (7.98) | 14.63 | 8.41 | 6.02 | 7.38 | 7.35 |