Table 1 Socio-demographic variables of children infected with malaria in Jawe district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | N | Malaria status | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | ||||
Age | 6–8 | 70 | 33 (47.1) | 37 (52.9) | 0.30 |
9–10 | 72 | 36 (50.0) | 36 (50.0) | ||
11–14 | 191 | 77 (40.3) | 114 (59.7) | ||
Sex | Male | 163 | 72 (44.2) | 91 (55.8) | 0.46 |
Female | 170 | 74 (43.5) | 96 (56.5) | ||
Religion | Christian | 328 | 144 (43.9) | 184 (56.1) | 0.62 |
Muslim | 5 | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | ||
Residence | Rural | 273 | 117 (42.9) | 156 (57.1) | 0.26 |
Urban | 60 | 29 (48.3) | 31 (51.7) | ||
Total | |||||