Table 2 Summary statistics of the surveyed households

Number of technologies adopted

1.525

1.560

1.432

(0.747)

(0.762)

(0.700)

Age of head of household (years)

43.0503

41.7644

46.2785

(16.6433)

(15.9916)

(17.7826)

Formal education of head of household (years)

0.5890

0.6830

0.3528

(0.4921)

(0.4654)

(0.4782)

No of children under 5 years of age

1.2282

1.3666

0.8806

(1.1886)

(1.2051)

(1.0707)

Number of household members >5 years of age

4.7594

4.9836

4.1963

(2.6944)

(2.7835)

(2.3665)

Household head subscribes to a community group

0.5878

0.5769

0.6154

(0.4923)

(0.4942)

(0.4868)

Household access to health related information (index)

0.4164

0.4242

0.3969

(0.2805)

(0.2845)

(0.2696)

Neighborhood effects (proportion of adopters in the village)

0.408

0.411

0.399

(0.166)

(0.167)

(0.164)

Percapita income (Kenya Shillings)

15487.790

17529.130

10261.960

(58193.640)

(66718.110)

(25004.410)

Study site (1 = Nyabondo, 0 = Malindi)

0.3963

0.3703

0.4615

(0.4892)

(0.4830)

(0.4988)

Village level prevalence of malaria

0.119

0.117

0.123

(0.064)

(0.062)

(0.067)

Knowledge of malaria transmission (1 = knowledgeable)

0.8961

0.9107

0.8594

(0.3052)

(0.2852)

(0.3478)