Background
Methods
Study area
Questionnaire administration
Statistical analysis
Ethical clearance
Results
Application of mosquito repellency methods
Distribution of participants over mosquito repellency methods
Comparison between test and control groups
Multiple regression analysis
Household size | Frequency of households | Average annual earnings (GHC) | Frequency of respondents who reported malaria | Frequency of respondents without malaria | Frequency of respondents who used mosquito coil | Frequency of respondents who did not use any preventive method | Average no. of coils/week | Frequency of respondents who reported cough | Frequency of respondents without cough | Frequency of respondents with issues of short breath |
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1 | 3 | 667 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 13 | 654 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6.8 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
3 | 18 | 688 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6.6 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
4 | 22 | 675 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5.4 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
5 | 21 | 625 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5.9 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
6 | 26 | 841 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6.0 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 19 | 694 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4.4 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
8 | 11 | 1650 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7.4 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
9 | 6 | 500 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
10 | 12 | 1375 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.7 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
11 | 4 | 667 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
12 | 3 | 500 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
13 | 1 | 1000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | 1 | 500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | 2 | 5250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | 1 | 500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 1 | 500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | 3 | 833 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
21 | 2 | 750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 | 2 | 500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |