Ecologic and Sociodemographic Risk Determinants for Dengue Transmission in Urban Areas in Thailand
Table 3
Univariate analysis of the association between sociodemographic factors of respondents and dengue transmission.
Categorical variables
Respondent number (%)
Respondents (%) with dengue history
P value
()
Yes ()
No ()
Age (years)
≤45
580 (48.3)
10 (16.9)
570 (50)
<0.001*
>45
620 (51.7)
49 (83.1)
571 (50)
Highest school degree
Elementary and lower
616 (51.3)
14 (23.7)
602 (52.8)
<0.001*
Secondary and higher
584 (48.7)
45 (76.3)
539 (47.2)
Occupation
Unemployed
333 (27.8)
12 (20.3)
321 (28.1)
0.376
Unskilled worker
635 (52.9)
33 (55.9)
602 (52.8)
Skilled worker
232 (19.3)
14 (23.7)
218 (19.1)
Movement during last 3 months
Yes
79 (6.6)
7 (11.9)
72 (6.3)
0.159
No
1,121 (93.4)
52 (88.1)
1,069 (93.7)
Residence time in house (years)
>15
409 (34.1)
13 (22.0)
396 (34.7)
0.063
≤15
791 (65.9)
46 (78.0)
745 (65.3)
Residence time in neighborhood (years)
>15
524 (43.7)
14 (23.7)
510 (44.7)
0.002*
≤15
676 (56.3)
45 (76.3)
631 (55.3)
Number of household members (persons)
1–4
914 (76.2)
39 (66.1)
875 (76.7)
0.088
>4
286 (23.8)
20 (33.9)
266 (23.3)
Average family income (Baht)
≤5,000
656 (54.7)
26 (44.1)
630 (55.2)
0.123
>5,000
544 (45.3)
33 (55.9)
511 (44.8)
Knowledge about dengue and its vectors
Low
147 (12.2)
11 (18.6)
136 (11.9)
0.183
High
1,053 (87.8)
48 (81.4)
1,005 (88.1)
Attitude about vector control
Gender role
Low/fair
688 (57.3)
33 (55.9)
655 (57.4)
0.930
High
512 (42.7)
26 (44.1)
486 (42.6)
Family role
Low
506 (42.2)
28 (47.5)
478 (41.9)
0.478
Fair
694 (57.8)
31 (52.5)
663 (58.1)
Government role
Low/fair
506 (42.2)
28 (47.5)
478 (41.9)
0.478
High
694 (57.8)
31 (52.5)
663 (58.1)
Household water storage
Yes
1,122 (93.5)
55 (93.2)
1,067 (93.5)
0.856
No
78 (6.5)
4 (6.8)
74 (6.5)
Household practice to reduce the nuisance of mosquitoes a
Chemical control
Low
848 (70.7)
48 (81.4)
800 (70.1)
0.089
High
352 (29.3)
11 (18.6)
341 (29.9)
Physical control
Low
667 (55.6)
38 (64.4)
629 (55.1)
0.206
High
533 (44.4)
21 (35.6)
512 (44.9)
Biological control
Yes
273 (22.8)
16 (27.1)
257 (22.5)
0.508
No
927 (77.2)
43 (72.9)
884 (77.5)
Household practices to prevent Aedes breeding place a
Chemical control
Yes
993 (82.8)
47 (79.7)
946 (82.9)
0.640
No
207 (17.2)
12 (20.3)
195 (17.1)
Physical control
Low
270 (22.5)
14 (23.7)
256 (22.4)
0.943
High
930 (77.5)
45 (76.3)
885 (77.6)
Biological control
Yes
676 (56.3)
33 (55.9)
643 (56.4)
1.000
No
524 (43.7)
26 (44.1)
498 (43.6)
Last time visited by health personnel
Yes (if any time)
856 (71.3)
39 (66.1)
817 (71.6)
0.445
No/don't remember
344 (28.7)
20 (33.9)
324 (28.4)
Receiving dengue control support/materials
Yes
934 (77.8)
41 (69.5)
893 (78.3)
0.155
No
266 (22.2)
18 (30.5)
248 (21.7)
Community effort in environmental
management by clean-up campaign
Yes
513 (42.8)
16 (27.1)
497 (43.6)
0.019*
No/don't know
687 (57.2)
43 (72.9)
644 (56.4)
aHousehold activities of controlling dengue vector and their assessment were described in the text.
*Statistical significance using test (P < 0.05) for two-independent samples.
