Table 4: Variation of parasitaemia according to the levels of education and ethnicity.
|
Levels of education |
Log. mean parasitaemia ± Standard Deviation (Parasites/µl blood) |
P-value (Baka and Bantu) |
||
|
Baka |
Bantu |
Total |
||
|
No modern education |
3.8 ± 0.33 |
3.73 ± 0.42 |
3.76 ± 0.38 |
0.2 |
|
Primary education |
3.73 ± 0.32 |
3.80 ± 0.34 |
3.77 ± 0.33 |
0.1 |
|
Secondary education |
3.99 ± 0.47 |
3.4 ± 0.43 |
3.66 ± 0.44 |
0.1 |
|
P-value |
0.13 |
0.02 |
0.09 |
0.02 |