Table 4 Factors associated with willingness to accept and participate in implementing a mosquito release strategy after multivariate analysis
Factors | Willingness to accept a mosquito release strategy | Willingness to participate in the implementation of a mosquito release strategy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
AOR* (95% CI) | p-value | AOR* (95% CI) | p-value | |
Resident of Ombeyi location |  |  | 22 (13–36) | < 0.001 |
Being of female sex | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | < 0.001 |  |  |
Incomplete primary education level | 1.6 (1.2–2.2) | 0.002 |  |  |
Occupation | ||||
 Employment | 1.8 (1.4–2.4) | < 0.001 |  |  |
 Casual labourer | 1.6 (1.4–2.0) | < 0.001 | 1.4 (1.02–2.0) | 0.040 |
 Farmer | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | < 0.001 | 2.0 (1.4–2.7) | < 0.01 |
Perceiving malaria as a moderate public health issue | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | < 0.001 | 0.07(0.05–0.1) | < 0.001 |
Perceiving malaria as a low public health issue |  |  | 0.07(0.02–0.3) | < 0.001 |
1–3 malaria cases in the family over the last six months |  |  | 0.15 (0.09–0.2) | < 0.001 |
> 3 malaria cases in the family over the last six months | 1.7 (1.3–2.2) | < 0.001 | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | < 0.001 |
Knowledge that only mosquito bites transmit malaria transmission | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | < 0.001 | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | 0.040 |
Aware of control methods based on mosquitoes that cannot transmit malaria |  |  | 5.2 (3.9–7.0) | < 0.001 |