Table 2 Factors associated with Plasmodium infection in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea, June–August 2013
From: Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | Urban (n = 1031) | Rural (n = 696) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | (%) | p value | No. | (%) | p value | |
Individual characteristics | ||||||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 165 | 36.59 | 0.115 | 194 | 65.54 | 0.002 |
Female | 185 | 31.90 | 216 | 54.00 | ||
Age group | ||||||
≤12 months | 41 | 15.36 | <0.001 | 60 | 46.15 | <0.001 |
13 months–5 years | 119 | 37.54 | 133 | 67.86 | ||
6–15 years | 158 | 54.11 | 167 | 75.57 | ||
≥15 years | 32 | 20.65 | 50 | 33.56 | ||
Ethnic group | ||||||
Fang | 292 | 34.68 | 0.053 | 361 | 60.27 | 0.168 |
Combe | 19 | 22.35 | 22 | 53.66 | ||
Other | 39 | 37.50 | 27 | 48.21 | ||
Household characteristics | ||||||
Family source of income | ||||||
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector | 6 | 54.55 | 0.309 | 95 | 62.09 | 0.373 |
Employment as employee | 198 | 33.45 | 155 | 62.00 | ||
Self-employed | 115 | 37.58 | 116 | 54.72 | ||
Other | 25 | 32.47 | 28 | 60.87 | ||
Number of children | ||||||
≤3 children | 113 | 32.94 | 0.631 | 111 | 55.22 | 0.208 |
>3 children | 237 | 34.45 | 299 | 60.40 | ||
Number of adults | ||||||
≤12 adults | 92 | 39.66 | 0.113 | 72 | 47.68 | 0.006 |
3–4 adults | 133 | 32.13 | 144 | 61.28 | ||
≥5 adults | 125 | 32.47 | 194 | 62.58 | ||
Health status | ||||||
Did you have fever in the last 24 h? | ||||||
No | 298 | 31.87 | <0.001 | 343 | 56.79 | 0.007 |
Yes | 45 | 54.88 | 58 | 72.50 | ||
Do you have any discomfort at present time | ||||||
No | 293 | 32.38 | 0.004 | 308 | 57.46 | 0.090 |
Yes | 46 | 46.94 | 94 | 65.28 | ||
Did you have malaria the last year? | ||||||
No | 158 | 31.04 | 0.060 | 178 | 56.51 | 0.280 |
Yes | 186 | 36.61 | 220 | 60.61 | ||
Current fever | ||||||
No | 336 | 33.91 | 0.753 | 372 | 57.59 | 0.011 |
Yes | 11 | 36.67 | 38 | 76.00 | ||
Anaemia | ||||||
No | 32 | 20.92 | <0.001 | 34 | 59.65 | 0.351 |
Yes | 290 | 39.14 | 328 | 65.86 | ||
Malaria related-behaviours | ||||||
Do you sleep outside the house? | ||||||
Always | 2 | 15.38 | 0.071 | 8 | 47.06 | 0.265 |
Sometimes | 2 | 12.50 | 8 | 44.44 | ||
Never | 339 | 34.24 | 386 | 59.57 | ||
Do you sleep under a bed net? | ||||||
Always | 209 | 28.05 | <0.001 | 122 | 48.61 | <0.001 |
Sometimes | 13 | 26.00 | 32 | 46.38 | ||
Never | 121 | 54.02 | 249 | 68.22 | ||
Do you use spray or mosquito coil? | ||||||
Always | 10 | 47.62 | 0.051 | 3 | 50.00 | 0.469 |
Sometimes | 10 | 55.56 | 11 | 73.33 | ||
Never | 322 | 32.92 | 389 | 58.58 | ||