Questions | Frequency | |
Yes (%) | No (%) | |
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Are there ways to avoid getting malaria? | ||
· Yes | 148 (74) | 52 (26) |
· No | 5 (2.5) | 195 (97.5) |
Can Malaria be treated? | ||
· Yes | 146 (73) | 54 (27) |
· No | 4 (2) | 196 (98) |
As a pregnant woman, do you think having Malaria has any effect on you if not treated? | ||
· Yes | 124 (62) | 76 (38) |
· No | 1 (0.5) | 199 (199.5) |
· Don’t know | 35 (17.5) | 165 (82.5) |
Signs of presence of malaria in the respondents | ||
· Fever | 160 (80) | 40 (20) |
· Chills | 65 (32.5) | 135 (67.5) |
· Headache | 138 (69) | 62 (31) |
· Joint Pain | 61 (30.5) | 139 (69.5) |
· Poor Appetite | 75 (37.5) | 125 (62.5) |
· Vomiting | 59 (29.5) | 141 (70.5) |
· Convulsion | 10 (5) | 190 (95) |
· Body Weakness | 119 (59.5) | 81 (40.5) |
· Others | 7 (3.5) | 193 (96.5) |
· Don’t know | 3 (1.5) | 197 (98.5) |
Who is most likely to get a serious case of malaria? | ||
· Children | 48 (24) | 152 (76) |
· Pregnant women | 65 (32.5) | 140 (70) |
· Adults | 12 (6) | 188 (94) |
· Elderly | 10 (5) | 190 (95) |
· Everyone | 108 (54) | 92 (46) |