Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Suspected Patients in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Crosstabulation of chi-square analysis of association of knowledge with sociodemography, among malaria-suspected cases in Bahir Dar Zuria district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Characteristics	Categories	Knowledge level				value
		Poor (%)	Satisfied (%)	Good (%)
Sex	Male	32 (58.2)	29 (58)	28 (63.6)	0.820	0.396
	Female	23 (41.8)	21 (42)	16 (36.4)
Age group (in years)	15-25	29 (52.7)	14 (28)	12 (27.3)	10.377	0.035
	26-35	9 (16.4)	16 (32)	11 (25)
	≥36	17 (30.9)	20 (40)	21 (47.7)
Educational level	Unable to read and write	41 (74.5)	37 (74)	18 (40.9)	15.075	0.001
	Able to read and write and above	14 (25.5)	13 (26)	26 (59.1)
Primary occupation	Farmer	47 (85.5)	45 (90)	32 (72.7)	5.312	0.07
	Nonfarmer	8 (14.5)	5 (10)	12 (27.3)
Marital status	Single	13 (23.6)	7 (14)	10 (22.7)	1.774	0.412
	Married	42 (76.4)	43 (86)	34 (77.3)
Family size	<5	34 (61.8)	26 (52)	15 (34.1)	7.601	0.022
	≥5	21 (38.2)	24 (48)	29 (65.9)