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Table 2 Bivariate results for proportions of water bodies located in well drained versus poorly drained grid cells by environmental variables collected about the water body (n = 29).

From: Characterization of potential larval habitats for Anophelesmosquitoes in relation to urban land-use in Malindi, Kenya

Variables

Well drained (n = 21)

Poorly drained (n = 8)

χ2

P-value

O.R.

C.I.

Land-use (% residential or commercial)

20 (95.2)

6 (75.0)

0.055

0.814

6.7

0.51, 86.9

Size (% small habitats)

6 (28.6)

4 (50.0)

1.177

0.278

0.4

0.75, 2.14

Nature (% human-made)

20 (95.2)

6 (75.0)

**

   

Shade (% some shade)

12 (57.1)

6 (75.0)

**

   

Pollution (% polluted)

9 (42.9)

5 (62.5)

0.895

0.344

0.45

0.09, 2.4

Substrate (% cement or plastic)

16 (76.2)

6 (75.0)

0.004

0.947

1.07

0.16, 7.06

Permanency (% perm. or semi-perm.)

3 (14.3)

2 (25.0)

0.466

0.495

0.5

0.07, 3.75

Animals present (%)

6 (28.6)

6 (75.0)

5.148

0.023

0.13

0.02, 0.86

Nearest house (% < 20 meters)

21 (100)

5 (62.5)

**

   
  1. *d.f. = 1, **Insufficient variability in the data