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Table 1 Amazon Mechanical Turk Mumbai survey responses, July 16 - August 26 2010

From: Online reporting for malaria surveillance using micro-monetary incentives, in urban India 2010-2011

Question & response categories

Results (N = 211), no (%)

1. Have you recently experienced any of the following symptoms?

 

Fever

47 (22.3)

Chills

12 (5.7)

Sweats

5 (2.4)

Weakness

26 (12.3)

Severe fatigue

6 (2.8)

Enlarged spleen

2 (0.9)

Nausea

7 (3.3)

Vomiting

18 (8.5)

Dry cough

18 (8.5)

Aches

14 (6.6)

Muscle pain

19 ( 9.0)

Back pain

19 (9.0)

2. Approximately how many mosquito bites

Mean (95% CI)

have you had in the past 24 h?

14 (10.8-17.6)

3. Have you recently visited a doctor and/or were you recently diagnosed with malaria?

 

Yes

78 (36.9)

No

128 (61.0)

No answer

5 (2.4)

4. If you answered YES in question 3, please indicate which type of malaria you had. If you don't know or are unsure, please skip this question.

 

P. vivax

43 (20.4)

P. falciparum

18 (8.5)

5. Please check all that apply. Do you:

 

Sleep under a bed net

15 (7.1)

Have standing pools of water near your home or place of work

4 (1.9)

Cover your skin when outside at dawn or dusk

0 (0.0)

Use mosquito repellent

12 (5.7)

Use a fan

29 (1.4)

Use a mosquito coil or other repellent for a room

15 (7.1)

6. Please enter your current location (City: Mumbai)

 

Neighbourhood: (for example: Juhu, Worli, Santacruz, etc.)

(N = 205)

Juhu

17 (8.1)

Worli

11 (5.2)

Santacruz

10 (4.7)

Thane

2 (0.9)

Bandra

5 (2.4)

Andheri

6 (2.8)

Other/No answer

154 (75.1)

7. How old are you? Please enter your current age.

 

< 20

89 (42.2)

20-24

94 (44.5)

25-29

17 (8.1)

30-34

10 (4.7)

35-40

0 (0.0)

> 40

1 (0.0)

No answer

1 (0.0)