.52** (-1.02?0.01) -0.51* (-1.03?.02) 6.8th quantile 0.14*** (0.06?.22) 0.06*** (0.03?.09) 0.07 (-0.13?.28) 0.34** (0.02?.67) 0.47*** (0.24?.69) 0.17 (-0.14?.47) 0.47*** (0.14?.80) 0.66** (0.14?.17) 0.55** (0.09?.01) -0.03 (-0.14?.08) -0.05 (-0.13?.04) 0.17* (-0.01?.34) -0.08 (-0.19?.04) -0.02 (-0.09?.06) 0.21*** (0.12?.31) Medium 50th quantile 0.04** (0.01?.07) 0.03*** (0.02?.04) -0.02 (-0.10?.07) 0.38*** (0.28?.48) 0.39*** (0.28?.49) 0.15** (0.02?.28) 0.14** (0.01?.28) 0.34** (0.03?.64) 0.21** (0.02?.41) -0.07** (-0.13?0.00) -0.02 (-0.06?.02) 0.04 (-0.05?.13) -0.11*** (-0.15?0.08) 0.02 (-0.02?.06) 0.07** (0.01?.12) High 87.24th quantile 0 (-0.03?.03) 0.02*** (0.01?.03) -0.05 (-0.15?.04) 0.51*** (0.40?.62) 0.51*** (0.41?.62) 0.23*** (0.14?.33) 0.28*** (0.11?.45) 0.2 (-0.13?.52) 0.24* (-0.04?.52) 0.02 (-0.05?.08) 0.02 (-0.04?.08) 0 (-0.10?.10) -0.08** (-0.15?0.01) 0.03 (-0.01?.07) 0.02 (-0.03?.07)PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016 September 28,9 /KAP Surveys and Dengue Pedalitin permethyl etherMedChemExpress Pedalitin permethyl ether Control in ColombiaTable 3. (buy AZD0865 Continued) Low VARIABLES Women Both High expenses in the household Men Women Both Daily expenses in the household Men Women Both Constant Observations Confidence interval in parentheses *** p<0.01 ** p<0.05 * p<0. This regression estimates where controlled by effects due to number of inhabitants per household, numbers of years living in the neighborhood or dwelling, and, non-linear effects of years of education and age. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016.t003 1.06 (-0.98?.11) 1.05 (-1.01?.11) 1.07 (-0.85?.99) 0.56 (-1.12?.24) 3725 1.14 (-0.74?.01) 1.36 (-0.52?.24) 1.21 (-0.69?.11) 2.31*** (1.07?.55) 3725 0.1 (-1.65?.85) 0.28 (-1.44?.00) 0.25 (-1.49?.99) 3.98*** (2.91?.05) 3725 0.14 (-1.64?.92) 0.36 (-1.47?.19) 0.48 (-1.27?.24) 0.24 (-1.06?.55) 0.3 (-0.99?.58) 0.28 (-1.00?.56) 0.06 (-1.31?.42) 0.17 (-1.20?.54) 0.04 (-1.29?.36) 6.8th quantile (-4.69?.66) -1.95 (-4.53?.62) -1.99 (-4.56?.58) Medium 50th quantile (-1.78?.25) -0.35 (-1.81?.11) -0.3 (-1.79?.19) High 87.24th quantile (-0.85?.75) 0.36 (-0.90?.62) 0.48 (-0.80?.76)strata, were determinants of the practices scores. Gender decision making did not show a correlation either.DiscussionTo our knowledge, this is the first time that MCA has been applied to analyze knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue to generate an ordinal score from a data set with several categorical variables. The impact of years of education and history of dengue among households increased dengue knowledge only among low- and medium-level knowledge profiles. The effect of more than one person reporting housekeeping in the same household as their principal occupation had a negative effect on the middle- and high-level knowledge scores. Furthermore, decision making about family health care shared by men and women increased the score of knowledge at any level. Finally, practices scores were not related to any of the measured sociodemographic or gender decision-making variables. Age and education have also been identified as the only sociodemographic variables associated with more knowledge about dengue by other studies in Thailand [50,51], Malaysia [52],PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016 September 28,10 /KAP Surveys and Dengue Control in ColombiaCuba (only age) [20], Indonesia [13], and Jamaica (only education) [53]. Two studies, one in Laos and one in Malaysia, reported no statistical association between age or education with the ability to name mo..52** (-1.02?0.01) -0.51* (-1.03?.02) 6.8th quantile 0.14*** (0.06?.22) 0.06*** (0.03?.09) 0.07 (-0.13?.28) 0.34** (0.02?.67) 0.47*** (0.24?.69) 0.17 (-0.14?.47) 0.47*** (0.14?.80) 0.66** (0.14?.17) 0.55** (0.09?.01) -0.03 (-0.14?.08) -0.05 (-0.13?.04) 0.17* (-0.01?.34) -0.08 (-0.19?.04) -0.02 (-0.09?.06) 0.21*** (0.12?.31) Medium 50th quantile 0.04** (0.01?.07) 0.03*** (0.02?.04) -0.02 (-0.10?.07) 0.38*** (0.28?.48) 0.39*** (0.28?.49) 0.15** (0.02?.28) 0.14** (0.01?.28) 0.34** (0.03?.64) 0.21** (0.02?.41) -0.07** (-0.13?0.00) -0.02 (-0.06?.02) 0.04 (-0.05?.13) -0.11*** (-0.15?0.08) 0.02 (-0.02?.06) 0.07** (0.01?.12) High 87.24th quantile 0 (-0.03?.03) 0.02*** (0.01?.03) -0.05 (-0.15?.04) 0.51*** (0.40?.62) 0.51*** (0.41?.62) 0.23*** (0.14?.33) 0.28*** (0.11?.45) 0.2 (-0.13?.52) 0.24* (-0.04?.52) 0.02 (-0.05?.08) 0.02 (-0.04?.08) 0 (-0.10?.10) -0.08** (-0.15?0.01) 0.03 (-0.01?.07) 0.02 (-0.03?.07)PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016 September 28,9 /KAP Surveys and Dengue Control in ColombiaTable 3. (Continued) Low VARIABLES Women Both High expenses in the household Men Women Both Daily expenses in the household Men Women Both Constant Observations Confidence interval in parentheses *** p<0.01 ** p<0.05 * p<0. This regression estimates where controlled by effects due to number of inhabitants per household, numbers of years living in the neighborhood or dwelling, and, non-linear effects of years of education and age. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016.t003 1.06 (-0.98?.11) 1.05 (-1.01?.11) 1.07 (-0.85?.99) 0.56 (-1.12?.24) 3725 1.14 (-0.74?.01) 1.36 (-0.52?.24) 1.21 (-0.69?.11) 2.31*** (1.07?.55) 3725 0.1 (-1.65?.85) 0.28 (-1.44?.00) 0.25 (-1.49?.99) 3.98*** (2.91?.05) 3725 0.14 (-1.64?.92) 0.36 (-1.47?.19) 0.48 (-1.27?.24) 0.24 (-1.06?.55) 0.3 (-0.99?.58) 0.28 (-1.00?.56) 0.06 (-1.31?.42) 0.17 (-1.20?.54) 0.04 (-1.29?.36) 6.8th quantile (-4.69?.66) -1.95 (-4.53?.62) -1.99 (-4.56?.58) Medium 50th quantile (-1.78?.25) -0.35 (-1.81?.11) -0.3 (-1.79?.19) High 87.24th quantile (-0.85?.75) 0.36 (-0.90?.62) 0.48 (-0.80?.76)strata, were determinants of the practices scores. Gender decision making did not show a correlation either.DiscussionTo our knowledge, this is the first time that MCA has been applied to analyze knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue to generate an ordinal score from a data set with several categorical variables. The impact of years of education and history of dengue among households increased dengue knowledge only among low- and medium-level knowledge profiles. The effect of more than one person reporting housekeeping in the same household as their principal occupation had a negative effect on the middle- and high-level knowledge scores. Furthermore, decision making about family health care shared by men and women increased the score of knowledge at any level. Finally, practices scores were not related to any of the measured sociodemographic or gender decision-making variables. Age and education have also been identified as the only sociodemographic variables associated with more knowledge about dengue by other studies in Thailand [50,51], Malaysia [52],PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016 September 28,10 /KAP Surveys and Dengue Control in ColombiaCuba (only age) [20], Indonesia [13], and Jamaica (only education) [53]. Two studies, one in Laos and one in Malaysia, reported no statistical association between age or education with the ability to name mo.
