Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

Table 5

Association between knowledge of malaria preventive measure and demographic characteristics.

		Knowledge on malaria preventive measures
Variable	Responses	Poor knowledge (%)	Fair knowledge (%)	Good knowledge (%)	P value
Age of respondents	18-25 years	20(26)	40(53)	16(21)	0.110
	26-40 years	20(19)	64(61)	21(20)
	41-64 years	20(39)	20(39)	11(22)
	65+ years	5(31)	10(63)	1(6)
Sex	Male	38(32)	58(49)	23(19)	0.131
	Female	27(21)	76(59)	26(20)
Highest educational level attained by respondents	None	14(26)	27(50)	13(24)	0.094
	Primary	24(22)	65(59)	21(19)
	Secondary	20(27)	38(52)	15(201)
	Tertiary	7(64)	4(36)	0(0)