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Table 1 Household (N = 1410) socio-demographic and house structural features, Ruhuha sector, Rwanda, 2015

From: Long-lasting insecticidal net source, ownership and use in the context of universal coverage: a household survey in eastern Rwanda

Variable name

Variable groups

Frequency, n (%)

Sex of head of household (HoH)

Male

1021 (72.4)

Female

389 (27.6)

Age of HoH in years

Mean (±SD)

44.7 (±1 4.5)a

Highest educational level attained by HoH

None

415 (29.4)

Primary school

790 (56.0)

Post primary/vocational

36 (2.6)

Secondary or higher

169 (12.0)

Marital status of HoH

Never married

46 (3.3)

Married

654 (46.4)

Living together

319 (22.6)

Separated/divorced

108 (7.6)

Widowed

283 (20.1)

Household (HH) member size

Mean (±SD)

4.69 (±1.9)a

Proportion of HoH with no formal education

None

415 (29.4)

HH socio-economic status (SES) score

Low

470 (33.4)

Middle

470 (33.4)

High

468 (33.2)

Does the HH own the house currently lived in?

Yes

1250 (88.8)

No

158 (11.2)

Type of sleeping spaces used in HH

Beds

1819 (62.9)

Floor

1075 (37.1)

Average number sleeping spaces in HH visited

Mean (±SD)

2.17 (±0.9)a

Number of sleeping spaces per HH

1

294 (20.9)

2

697 (49.5)

3

339 (24.0)

≥4

79 (5.6)

Average number of rooms in household visited

Mean (±SD)a

2.96 (±1.2)

Number of rooms in house lived in

1

141 (10.1)

2

250 (17.7)

3

738 (52.4)

4

175 (12.4)

≥5

105 (7.4)

Number of windows in the house lived in

0–2

419 (29.7)

≥3

991 (70.1)

Did the house have a ceiling?

Yes

101 (7.1)

  1. aStandard deviations