Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Human Populations towards Malaria Control in Four Ecoepidemiological Settings in Cameroon

Table 6

Factors associated with good knowledge about malaria in the study sites.

	Localities	Kaélé			Tibati			Bertoua			Santchou
	Variables	N	GK (%)	OR (95% CI)	N	GK (%)	OR (95% CI)	N	GK (%)	OR (95% CI)	N	GK (%)	OR (95% CI)
Gender	Female	0	—	—	39	32	1	66	37	1	103	91	1
	Male	99	—	—	76	51	0.45 (0.17–1.15)	196	137	1.82 (1.02–3.23)	160	138	0.83 (0.39–1.75)
Level of education	Illiterate	27	25	1	21	17	1	20	9	1
	Primary	39	37	1.48 (0.19–11.21)	69	45	0.44 (0.13–1.46)	45	21	1.07 (0.37–3.08)	43	37	1
	Secondary	32	30	1.2 (0.16–9.14)	23	19	1.12 (0.24–5.17)	124	81	6.91 (3.48–13.81)	180	158	1.16 (0.44–3.07)
	Higher	0	0	—	0	0		58	52	10.59 (3.12–35.9)	25	23	1.86 (0.35–10.03)
Occupation	Housewives	1	1	1	20	17	1	37	31	3.23 (1.24–10.00)	52	48	1
	Civil servant	4	3	0.78 (0.02–32.37)	—	—	—	103	63	1.35 (0.6–3.05)	196	167	0.48 (0.16–1.43)
	Small business	93	88	5.36 (0.19–147.55)	91	62	0.37 (0.10–1.39)	21	10	1	7	6	0.50 (0.05–5.24)

N: total; GK: good knowledge; OR: odds ratio; ; ; .