Progress and challenges to control malaria in a remote area of Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

Characteristics	N	%
Population
Male	12131	50.30
Female	11966	49.70
Ethnicity
Marma	2369	44.50
Tripura	423	7.90
Tonchonga	855	16.10
Khiang	211	4
Chakma	35	0.70
Bengali	1429	26.90
Having bednet
Yes	5236	98.38
No	86	1.62
Number of bed nets
< 2	1254	23.60
≥ 2	4068	76.40
Source of bed nets
BRAC	4795	90.09
Own initiative	2964	55.69
Other	946	17.80
All family members sleep under bed nets
Yes	4323	81.22
No	999	18.88
Bed net treatment
Yes	2181	40.98
No	3141	59.02
Education (years)
0	2498	46.90
1-5	1167	21.90
6-10	1355	25.50
> 10	302	5.70
Occupation
Farmer	2687	50.50
Day labor	918	17.20
Service	546	10.30
Business	141	2.60
Others	1030	19.40
Treatment seeking behaviour
Control program	3552	66.60
Drug vendor	2600	48.80
Other	88	1.70
Minimum distance from health facilities to households Health facilities by control programme
< 2 km	4149	77.95
≥ 2 km	1173	22.05
Drug vendor
< 2 km	2858	53.70
≥ 2 km	2464	46.30

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