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Description
Malaria infection
P -value
Positive
Negative
n
(%)
n
(%)
Age (years)
< 5
63
34.2
121
65.8
0.780
5–14
77
31.0
171
69.0
15–24
69
30.1
160
69.9
≥ 25
116
30.2
268
69.8
Sex
Male
185
33.2
373
66.8
0.273
Female
140
28.7
347
71.3
Occupation**
Unemployed
183
33.0
371
67.0
0.519
Forest related workers
133
28.7
331
71.3
Non-forest related workers
9
33.3
18
66.7
Education level
≤ Primary education
249
29.4
597
70.6
0.293
> Primary education
76
38.2
123
61.8
Type of household
Hut
282
28.9
695
71.1
< 0.001*
Others
43
63.2
25
36.8
Having farm animals (cattle/pigs)
Yes
287
29.1
700
70.9
< 0.001*
No
38
65.5
20
34.5
Type of toilet
Non-septic
266
27.9
687
72.1
< 0.001*
Septic
59
64.1
33
35.9
Having fever
Yes
261
34.5
495
65.5
0.005*
No
64
22.1
225
77.9
Having episode of malaria in last year
Yes
40
61.5
25
38.5
< 0.001*
No
285
29.1
695
70.9
Traveling to malaria endemic area of outside the village
Yes
19
70.4
8
29.6
0.001*
No
306
30.1
712
69.9
Use of bed nets
Yes
154
21.8
554
78.2
< 0.001*
No
171
50.7
166
49.3
Degree of freedom for Chi-square test = 1, **Fisher exact test, *P < 0.005, using the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests
