Table 1 Sample characteristics
Characteristic (proportion; % or number; n) | Overall | Small household | Large household | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(≤6 people) | (>6 people) | ||||||
Rural | Peri-urban | Urban | Rural | Peri-urban | Urban | ||
Households (n) | 2004 | 402 | 143 | 566 | 414 | 104 | 373 |
General characteristics | |||||||
Median number of members (interquartile range) | 6(4-9) | 5 (4-6) | 4 (3-5) | 4 (3-5) | 9 (8-12) | 9 (8-11) | 9 (7-11) |
Own agricultural land | 52.2 | 67.4 | 49.0 | 21.9 | 85.8 | 74.0 | 40.0 |
Own any cattle† | 74.0 | 88.1 | 77.6 | 41.7 | 97.1 | 90.4 | 76.1 |
Access to private toilets | 61.0 | 26.6 | 41.3 | 95.1 | 29.0 | 43.3 | 94.4 |
Access to safe drinking water | 49.7 | 14.4 | 29.4 | 86.6 | 14.0 | 31.7 | 84.2 |
Distance to the nearest lake or stagnant water (<1000 versus ≥1000 metres) | 40.1 | 35.8 | 28.7 | 45.6 | 39.1 | 32.7 | 44.0 |
Vector control actions undertaken by the mother | |||||||
House cleaning | 40.6 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 40.6 | 41.3 | 45.2 | 38.3 |
Elimination of stagnant water | 20.3 | 18.9 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 20.6 |
Elimination of larval sites | 28.3 | 28.9 | 24.5 | 28.8 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 29.2 |
Indicator = at least one of these three actions | 50.4 | 50.5 | 49.7 | 50.4 | 49.5 | 58.7 | 49.3 |
Under-five children (n) | 1,906 | 313 | 102 | 355 | 576 | 156 | 404 |
Proportion of under-five among all children present during the survey | 79.7 | 82.2 | 82.9 | 83.3 | 77.4 | 85.3 | 75.8 |
At least 1 episode of any illness during the preceding 2 weeks‡ | 30.6 | 30.0 | 29.7 | 31.9 | 29.2 | 25.0 | 35.0 |
Insecticide-treated nets (n) | 4,811 | 766 | 262 | 922 | 1,430 | 311 | 1,119 |
Acquired from the campaign | 93.7 | 96.7 | 96.6 | 86.6 | 98.0 | 93.3 | 91.7 |
Age ≤12 months | 96.6 | 97.9 | 97.3 | 92.7 | 98.7 | 97.4 | 95.8 |
ITNs observed | 62.5 | 66.6 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 56.4 | 57.9 | 60.7 |