Factors Associated with Larval Control Practices in a Dengue Outbreak Prone Area

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondent ().

	Frequency	%	Mean	SD
Mean age (years)			33.9	11.0
Mean household income per month (RM) ()			2252	1258
Mean number of people in household			4.8	1.9
Sex
Male	147	45.7
Female	175	54.3
Highest education level
No formal and primary	38	11.8
Secondary and tertiary education	284	88.2
Current employment status
Employed	161	50.0
Unemployed and housewife	120	37.3
Student	36	11.2
Pensioner	5	1.6
Marital status
Married	233	72.4
Single/divorced/separated	89	27.6
Citizenship
Malaysian	309	96.0
Non-Malaysian	13	4.0
Ethnic group
Malay	257	79.8
Non-Malay	65	20.2
Risk perception
Strongly disagree	28	8.7
Disagree	61	18.9
Neutral	63	19.6
Agree	120	37.3
Strongly agree	50	15.5
Ever diagnosed as having dengue infection ()
Yes	34	10.6
No/Do not know	287	89.1
Grand total	322