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Table 1 Demographic data of all surveyed households

From: Use of different transmission metrics to describe malaria epidemiology in the highlands of western Kenya

N = 3566

Value

95 % CI

Cluster range

Mean sampled per cluster

78

–

70–96

Median age (years)

13

–

9–22

Population sampled per age group (%)

 <5

22.5

21.2–23.9

12.5–31.2

 5–9.9

17.4

16.1–18.7

7.8–27.6

 10–14.9

12.6

11.2–14.2

4.0–27.1

 15–19.9

7.4

6.5–8.5

0–27.1

 ≥20

40.0

38.3–41.8

27.5–54.4

Gender (% female)

56.3

54.7–57.9

47.3–68.0

Travelled outside EA in 3 months (%)

5.0

3.3–7.4

0–30.7

House has open eaves (%)

81.7

80.5–83.0

0–100

Socio-economic status (%)

 1 (low)

23.3

19.4–27.7

0–57.1

 2

19.2

16.0–22.9

0–56.9

 3

24.4

20.5–28.7

1.0–61.1

 4

13.7

11.3–16.6

0–40.7

 5 (high)

19.4

15.1–24.6

0–64.6

Mosquito control (%)

 Net only

29.7

24.9–35.0

0–76.9

 IRS only

9.6

7.4–12.3

0–38.5

 Both

30.6

25.1–36.7

0–85.5

 None

24.0

19.6–29.1

0–70.4

  1. Data includes the 95 % CI and range of values per cluster