Abstract: AIM: To understand the socioeconomic and human behavior factors affecting malaria transmission in minority areas of Hainan Province. METHOD: The methods used for analyzing single and multiple factors were chi square test and conditional logistic multi regression analysis. RESULTS: The results of the two methods were coincident. Three important factors related to the local malaria transmission were selected. CONCLUSION: Staying overnight in the mountain, having knowledge of malaria prevention and using bed net were three significant factors closely associated with malaria transmission. Hence, more attention should be paid to these risk factors in formulating the malaria control programme.

Key words: Malaria, epidemiology, socioeconomic factors, IFAT, logistic regression analyis