Table 2 Main characteristics of the panel at baseline (2011)

Number

1,778

1,092

Age in months (median, iqr)

30 (28)

30 (27)

Female

884 (50%)

552 (51%)

Sick over the past 2 weeks

544 (31%)

162 (15%)

Slept under a bed net the night before

1,147 (66%)

560 (52%)

Households

Number

1207

591

In urban areas

522 (43%)

240 (41%)

Polygamous

433 (36%)

259 (44%)

3-years follow-up

1,096 (91%)

540 (91%)

Head is a farmer

869 (73%)

439 (74%)

Illiterate mother†

810 (88%)

457 (84%)

Number of bed nets (median, iqr)

2 (1)

3 (3)

Household size (median, iqr)

7 (4)

9 (7)