Table 2 Environmental characteristics of respondents’ homes by sector
Total | City | Construction sites | Village | Slums | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 119) % | (N = 30) % | (N = 30) % | (N = 29) % | (N = 30) % | |
Type of house | |||||
Permanent construction | 66 | 100 | 10 | 66 | 90 |
Temporary construction | 34 | 0 | 90 | 34 | 10 |
Walls of the house | |||||
Wood | 10 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 7 |
Concrete | 66 | 100 | 20 | 62 | 87 |
Tin | 12 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 |
Other | 12 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 3 |
House has completed walls | 60 | 100 | 13 | 48 | 77 |
Presence of a water pool near house that can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes | 56 | 33 | 67 | 48 | 77 |
Type of standing water | |||||
Pond | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pool of water | 18 | 20 | 5 | 36 | 9 |
Puddle | 13 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 0 |
Canal | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Open drains | 36 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 74 |
Did not mention | 21 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 13 |
None | 43 | 67 | 33 | 52 | 23 |
Have mosquito screens at home | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Construction projects common near home in last year | 22 | 10 | 60 | 7 | 10 |
Last time the area was fogged by city officials | |||||
Do not remember/Never | 15 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 7 |
1 week | 16 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 17 |
1-2 weeks | 24 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
2-4 weeks | 26 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 20 |
4-8 weeks | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 |
>8 weeks | 13 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 7 |