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Table 1 Baseline demographic, household and malaria control characteristics

From: Malaria parasite carriage and risk determinants in a rural population: a malariometric survey in Rwanda

Demographics

n

%

Household SES indicator variables

n

%

HoH level of education

  

Does HoH belong to an economic group?

  

 None

1,414

(35.63)

 No

1,807

45.53

  Primary

2,056

51.80

 Yes

2,162

54.47

  Secondary

374

9.42

Does HoH have health insurance?

  

  Tertiary

125

3.15

 No

1,337

33.69

HoH religion

  

 Yes

2,632

66.31

  Catholic

1,440

36.28

Has HH saved any money in last 3 months?

  

  Protestant

1,330

33.51

 No

3,163

79.7

  Moslem

72

1.81

 Yes

806

20.3

  SDA

806

20.32

Does HH own current house of residence?

  

  JHW

43

1.08

 No

698

17.6

  No religion

251

6.32

 Yes

3,271

82.4

  Others

27

0.68

Source of water for domestic use

  

HoH marital status

  

 Open (well, lake)

1,624

40.9

  Never married

444

11.89

 Closed (piped water)

2,345

59.1

  Married

1,663

41.89

Type of material house wall is made of

  

  Living together

886

22.32

 Mud/wood

1,171

29.5

  Separate/Divorced

255

6.42

 Cement/bricks

2,798

70.5

  Widow/widower

717

18.08

Type of material house floor is made of

  

HoH main occupation

  

 Earth/clay/dung

3,136

79

  Farmer

3,073

77.43

 Bricks/cement

833

21

  Public office

171

4.31

 HH source of power for cooking

  

  Self employed

326

8.21

 Firewood/straw

3,787

95.4

  Private officer

170

4.28

 Electricity/charcoal

182

4.6

  Student

31

0.78

HH source of power for lighting

  

  Unemployed

92

2.32

 Kerosene/candles/firewood/touches

3,385

85.3

  Others

106

2.67

 Electricity

584

14.7

HH wealth and occupancy

     

 Any birth in HH in last 5 years?

  

Malaria control variables

  

  No

1,792

45.15

HH bed net ownership of at least 1 net

  

  Yes

2,177

54.85

 No

282

7.11

 Number of persons in HH

  

 Yes

3,687

92.89

  1-3

1,493

37.62

IRS done in last 6 months?

  

  4-5

1,454

36.63

 No

217

5.47

  6-7

757

19.07

 Yes

3,752

94.53

  8+

265

6.68

   

 SES score

     

  Low

1150

33.4

Household with at least 1 case of malaria

518

13.05

  Medium

1147

33.3

Household without any malaria carriers

3,450

86.95

  High

1146

33.3

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