Table 1 Background information of the surveyed population, Um Adarah area, 2007
Variables | Pre-intervention N = 892 |
|---|---|
Age in years – Mean (SD, min – max) | 17.8 (17.7, 0.01–95) |
Family size – Mean (SD, min – max) | 4.4 (1.7, 1–10) |
Female ratio | 59.0% |
Under fives ratio | 33.1% |
Occupation: | Â |
   Housewives | 17.2% |
   Child (under the age of 13 years) | 40.4% |
   Student | 17.2% |
   Farmer | 21.5% |
   Officer | 1.0% |
   Others | 2.8% |
Level of education: | Â |
   Non-educated | 70.2% |
   Religious school | 4.7% |
   Basic school | 22.2% |
   Secondary school | 2.6% |
   University | 0.3% |
Parasitic prevalence | 0.1% |
Place of treatment: | Â |
   Public | 98.5% |
   Private | 1.0% |
   At home | 0.5% |
Distance to health services: | Â |
   <5 km | 34.0% |
   5–10 | 22.5% |
   >10 | 43.5% |
Use of preventive measures | Â |
   Windows screened (N = 200) | 2.0% |
   Mosquito nets available (N = 872) | 34.8% |
   The available nets are ITNs (N = 436) | 59.0%% |
   ITNs available are LLINs (N = 318) | 95.1%% |
   Usage of net last night (N = 427) | 2.9% |