| Frequency (n) | Proportion (%) |
---|---|---|
Knowledge of several types of malaria | Â | Â |
Awareness of different malaria species | 587 | 96.7 |
Types of malaria mentioned | Â | Â |
Malaria tersiana | 573 | 94.4 |
Malaria tropika | 571 | 94.1 |
Mixed infection | 25 | 4.1 |
Malariae malaria | 18 | 3.0 |
Bone malaria | 17 | 2.8 |
Others (quartana, haemorrhagic fever, batana, gamete) | 28 | 4.6 |
Perceived malaria severity | Â | Â |
Tersiana is more severe | 267 | 44.0 |
Tropika is more severe | 274 | 45.1 |
Other types of malaria are more severe | 14 | 2.3 |
Do not know | 18 | 3.0 |
No answer | 34 | 5.6 |
Perception of the cause of a malaria episode | Â | Â |
Fatigue | 284 | 46.8 |
Mosquito bite | 224 | 36.9 |
Weather-related (rain/cold/heat/etc.) | 138 | 22.7 |
Eating too late in the evening | 107 | 17.6 |
Worked too hard | 57 | 9.4 |
Food-related (ate cold food/street food/cane and coconut) | 6 | 1.0 |
Not using bed net | 31 | 5.1 |
Perception of malaria illness | Â | Â |
Possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy | 291 | 47.9 |
Not possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy | 175 | 28.8 |
Do not know | 141 | 23.2 |
Perception of malaria treatment effectiveness | Â | Â |
Make body feel better | 581 | 95.7 |
Does not make body feel better | 21 | 3.5 |