Table 1 General characteristics of household, socio-economic status, area of living and age and gender distribution of febrile case in the two selected districts.

No. of households

995

994

1989

No. of respondents

995

994

1989

Non-response

5

6

11

Gender of respondents

   Female

259

313

572

   Male

736

681

1417

Age of respondents (in Years, Mean ± SD)

41.5a ± 11.6

40.8a ± 12.5

41.1 ± 12.0

Household Income (Rs./month) Mean ± SD

2776f ± 1808

2293f ± 1793

2534 ± 1816

Education of respondent

Percentage of respondents (N)

   Illiterate

41.5 (413)

52.5 (522)

47.0 (935)

   Primary

22.3 (222)

15.5 (154)

18.9 (376)

   Middle

24.5 (244)

23.7 (236)

24.1 (480)

   Secondary+

11.7 (116)

8.3 (82)

10.0 (198)

Occupation of respondent

   Service

15.5 (154)

28.5 (283)

22.0 (437)

   Self-employed

14.0 (139)

11.2 (111)

12.6 (250)

   Farmer

42.0 (418)

35.2 (350)

38.6 (768)

   Housewife

23.1 (230)

19.3 (192)

21.1 (422)

   Others

5.4 (54)

5.8 (58)

5.6 (112)

Religion

   Hindu

91.3 (908)

95.9 (953)

93.6 (1861)

   Christian

0.2 (2)

2.1 (21)

1.2 (23)

   Muslim

8.5 (85)

2.0 (20)

5.3 (105)

Area of residence

   Town

5.9 (59)

18.1 (180)

12.0 (239)

   Forest

26.4 (263)

19.6 (195)

23.0 (458)

   Flood

24.0 (239)

19.9 (198)

22.0 (437)

   Tea garden

20.1 (200)

32.4 (322)

26.3 (522)

   Others

23.5 (234)

10.0 (99)

16.7 (333)

Health Care Service

Percentage of user (N)

   Traditional Vaidya

35.3 (351)

43.2 (429)

39.2 (780)

   Government

36.3 (361)

22.2 (221)

29.3 (582)

   Private

9.9 (99)

17.5 (174)

13.7 (273)

   Self-medication

18.5 (184)

17.1 (170)

17.8 (354)

Gender of patient (fever case)

Male

58.1 (578)

59.7 (593)

58.9 (1171)

Female

41.9 (417)

40.3 (401)

41.1 (818)

Age of Patients (Years)

23.0a ± 18.3

23.1a ± 19.1

23.1 ± 18.7

Distance of Health Center (km) (Mean ± SD)

3.5f ± 2.8

4.9f ± 6.4

4.2 ± 5.6