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

Table 3

Factors associated with level of larval control practice from simple logistic regression analyses.

Factors	Crude OR; 95% C.I.	Wald	df	Sig.
Age (years)	1.01 (0.99, 1.03)	1.29	1	0.26
Monthly household income (RM)	1.00 (1.00, 1.00)	0.33	1	0.56
Number of people living in a household	1.03 (0.91, 1.17)	0.23	1	0.63
Sex
Female	REF
Male	1.24 (0.78, 1.99)	0.83	1	0.36
Highest education level
No formal and primary	REF
Secondary and tertiary education	0.74 (0.37, 1.47)	0.75	1	0.39
Employment status
Employed	REF
Unemployed and housewife	1.73 (1.05, 2.84)	4.58	1	0.03
Student	0.962 (0.43, 2.15)	0.01	1	0.92
Pensioner	1.67 (0.27, 10.30)	0.30	1	0.58
Citizenship
Malaysian	REF
Non-Malaysian	1.77 (0.58, 5.39)	0.99	1	0.32
Ethnic group
Non-Malay	REF
Malay	0.97 (0.54, 1.72)	0.01	1	0.91
Marital status
Still married	REF
Single/divorced/separated	0.72 (0.42, 1.23)	1.46	1	0.23
Knowledge on Aedes mosquitoes	1.27 (1.04, 1.55)	5.33	1	0.02
Knowledge on dengue transmission	1.04 (0.92, 1.17)	0.37	1	0.55
Knowledge of dengue symptoms	1.06 (1.00, 1.13)	4.01	1	0.04
Knowledge on personal preventive measures	1.18 (1.00, 1.40)	3.93	1	0.05
Attitude towards personal preventive measures	1.08 (1.03, 1.14)	9.59	1	0.002
Risk perception
Low risk	REF
Neutral	0.87 (0.44, 1.73)	0.16	1	0.69
Moderate and high risk	0.92 (0.54, 1.58)	0.09	1	0.76
Ever diagnosed as having dengue infection
No	REF
Yes	1.23 (0.56, 2.67)	0.26	1	0.61
Join the campaign
Never	REF
Few and sometimes	1.51 (0.87, 2.62)	2.13	1	0.15
Most of the time and always	4.09 (2.12, 7.91)	17.55	1	0.00