Performance of Malaria Volunteers regarding Malaria Control Activities in Southeastern Myanmar: A Study in the Areas under Coverage of an Ethnic Health Organization

Table 7

Relationships between sociodemographic factors, knowledge, attitude, family support, community support, and performance level of malaria volunteer (n = 140).

Descriptions	Level of performance				value
	Good		Poor
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
18–30	52	52.0	48	48.0	0.56
31–40	13	54.2	11	45.8
>41	10	62.5	6	37.5
Gender
Male	27	47.4	30	52.6	0.22
Female	48	57.8	35	42.2
Marital status
Single	25	47.2	28	52.8	0.23
Married	50	57.5	37	42.5
Education
Primary and below	23	46.9	26	53.1	0.24
Above primary	52	57.1	39	42.9
Major occupation (apart from volunteer work)
Unemployed	4	66.7	2	33.3	0.002
With job	71	53.0	63	47.0
Annual family income (MMK)
≤500,000	21	39.6	32	60.4	0.010
>50,0000	54	62.1	33	37.9
Working experience related to health before being as a volunteer
Ever	32	66.7	16	33.3	0.025
Never	43	46.7	49	53.3
Time period of being as a volunteer (year)
≤1	10	40.0	15	60.0	0.034
1–3	37	53.6	32	46.4
>3	28	60.9	18	39.1
Knowledge level
Good	66	55.0	54	45.0	0.406
Need to improve	9	45.0	11	55.0
Attitude level
Positive perception	67	54.9	55	45.1	0.281
Negative perception	8	44.4	10	55.6
Family support
Good	59	58.4	42	41.6	0.064
Poor	16	41.0	23	59.0
Community support
Good	60	63.8	34	36.2	0.001
Poor	15	32.6	31	67.4

1,300 MMK ∼ 1 USD; degree of freedom for chi-square test = 1; significance at .