Table 4 Bivariate analysis of malaria knowledge scores (range, 0–8) among respondents who had heard of malaria (n = 368)

 Female

225

2.8 (0.12)

1.70

0.089

 Male

143

2.5 (0.15)

 Haitian-born

92

2.4 (0.17)

 Dominican-born, Haitian descent

110

2.7 (0.29)

-5.46

< 0.001*

 Dominican-born, no Haitian descent

166

2.9 (0.20)

 Can read entire sentence

209

3.0 (0.13)

-3.46

< 0.001*

 Cannot read entire sentence

149

2.3 (0.14)

 Permanent

340

2.8 (0.10)

-1.89

0.060

 Non-permanent

28

2.1 (0.30)

 No

189

2.8 (0.13)

2.48

0.014*

 Yes

35

2.0 (0.27)

  Sought care for fever

30

2.9 (0.40)

-1.88

0.066

  Did not seek care for fever

25

1.8 (0.42)

 No

148

2.7 (0.14)

-0.27

0.784

 Yes

220

2.7 (0.13)

  No

39

2.7 (0.31)

-0.11

0.913

  Yes

181

2.7 (0.14)