Table 4 Factors associated with the practice of malaria among caregivers of children under 5 years in South West Nigeria.
Practice of Malaria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | Poor | Good | Total | \(\chi^2\)-cal. | p-value |
Gender | |||||
Male | 10(10.6) | 84(89.4) | 94 | 0.026 | 0.871 |
Female | 71(10.1) | 632(89.9) | 703 | ||
State | |||||
Osun State | 4(3.9) | 99(96.1) | 103 | 32.155 | 0.000** |
Oyo State | 12(6.2) | 182(93.8) | 194 | ||
Ondo State | 16(6.7) | 223(93.3) | 239 | ||
Ogun State | 49(18.8) | 212(81.2) | 261 | ||
Religion | |||||
Christianity | 51(8.5) | 546(91.5) | 597 | 6.971 | 0.031* |
Islam | 28(14.8) | 161(85.2) | 597 | ||
Others | 2(18.2) | 9(81.8) | 11 | ||
Education | |||||
No formal education | 1(6.2) | 15(93.8) | 16 | 12.731 | 0.013* |
Primary | 6(18.2) | 27(81.8) | 33 | ||
Secondary | 34(14.2) | 205(85.8) | 239 | ||
Tertiary | 40(8.5) | 430(91.5) | 470 | ||
Others | 0(0.0) | 39(100.0) | 39 | ||
Income (Naira) | |||||
Less than 50,000 | 24(10.3) | 208(89.7) | 232 | 5.369 | 0.147 |
50,000–100,000 | 39(12.4) | 275(87.6) | 314 | ||
More than 100,000 | 5(4.8) | 100(95.2) | 105 | ||
Unwilling to disclose | 13(8.9) | 133(91.1) | 146 | ||
Knowledge of malaria | |||||
Poor | 19(17.6) | 89(82.4) | 108 | 7.553 | 0.006** |
Good | 62(9.0) | 627(91.0) | 689 | ||
