Impact of mass distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets on childhood malaria morbidity: The Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaign

Table 1 Characteristics of 5334 children who participated in the 2004 and 2005 surveys

	Pooled		Southern Coastal plain (Yoto)		Central Plateaux (Ogou)		Northern Savannah (Tone)
	2004	2005	2004 ¹	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
Child level(n)	2521	2813	718	998	798	893	942	922
Age in month, mean(95%CI)	28.5 (27.8-29.1)	28.7 (28.1-29.4)	28.6 (27.4-30.1)	28.9 (27.6-30.2)	28.3 (27.2-29.3)	28.7 (27.5-30.0)	28.5 (27.4-29.6)	28.5 (27.7-29.3)
Male sex (%)	52.8	51.2	52.8*	48.8*	49.7	51.8	55.5	53.1
Sibling(s) <5 yr (%)	58.1*	63.3*	56.8	63.3	56.3	60.1	60.7	66.5
HH level (n)	1704	1828	495	648	564	594	645	586
# children (column %)
1	59.8	56.4	61.4	56.5	61.3	59.9	57.4	52.7
2	36.7	36.1	33.9	35.8	36.3	32.5	39.2	39.9
>2	3.4	7.5	4.8	7.7	2.3	9.5	3.4	7.4
Caretaker (column %)
Mother	89.7	88.9*	86.4	88.7	87.1	84.2	94.6	94.0
Father	6.0	3.7	6.5	2.3	9.2	6.2	2.9	2.6
Other	4.3	7.0	7.1	9.0	3.7	9.6	2.5	3.4
CT schooling (column %)
None	73.3	76.6	62.6	70.4	66.8	68.2	87.1	92.0
Primary	20.6	18.3	27.8	24.4	26.1	23.6	10.4	6.1
≥secondary	6.0	5.1	9.6	5.2	7.1	8.2	2.5	1.9
SES rank score (%)
<median²	50.1	51.1	46.1	42.7	53.7	57.4	50.1	53.9
% wealthiest Q			30.9	22.8	23.4	28.7	11.3	20.8
% poorest Q			16.4	19.5	20.9	15.4	18.5	13.4

HH = household; SES = Socio-economic Status, Q = quintile. *P < 0.05 2004 vs 2005, ** P < 0.01. ¹ Weighted analysis of Yoto 2004 data to take into account the variability of the enumeration area cluster size during the first 3 survey days (Crude number of children = 781). ² Median weighted socio-economic status calculated across district by survey

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