Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Malaria and Its Control in Rural Northwest Tanzania

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in selected households in villages, Geita districts, northwest Tanzania.

Characteristics	n	%
Gender
Male	154	42.1
Female	212	57.9
Age
≤19	28	7.7
20–39	220	60.1
40–59	93	25.4
≥60	25	6.8
Marital status
Married	258	70.5
Unmarried	73	19.9
Widow/widower	22	6
Divorced	13	3.6
Highest level of education completed
No education	107	29.2
Primary	210	57.4
Secondary	39	10.7
Tertiary qualifications	4	1.1
Others	6	1.6
Main occupations
Peasant (self-employed in agriculture)	217	89.3
Small scale business	28	7.7
Employed	11	3
Housewife	38	10.4
Unemployed	2	0.5
Others^∗	70	19.1

Others^∗: night guards, mines, fishermen, and so forth.