COMPARATIVE STUDY ON INCIDENCE OF MALARIAL INFECTION AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KATSINA STATE

Abstract

This is a comparative study on incidence of malarial infection among students of colleges of education in Katsina State, using Descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 21919 students with target population of 16,476 students and sample size was 379 students, using a multistage sampling technique. A self-developed questionnaire of four points modified Likert scale was used. A reliability index is 0.83, using split-half method. Chi-square and t-test were used to test the hypotheses at ∝ level of 0.05. The findings of this study revealed that there was incidence of malarial infection among students 357 (94.20%), significant at (p<0.05). No significant difference in the incidence of malarial infection based on gender and institutional status was observed (p>0.05). In this context, it was recommended generally among others that students should avoid exposing themselves to mosquitoes.