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Table 1 Variables considered for the global regression model of malaria prevalence

From: Spatially variable risk factors for malaria in a geographically heterogeneous landscape, western Kenya: an explorative study

Variable

Description for GWR per project cluster

Sex

% males

Age1

% of children under 5 years old

Age2

% of children between 5 and 15 years old

Age3

% of people above the age of 15

Occupation

% outdoor occupation

People per sleeping room

Mean people per sleeping room

People per house

Mean people per house

Screened eaves

% houses with open eaves

Condition of bed nets

% bed nets without damages

House sprayed last 12 months

% sprayed houses in last 12 months

Nets per person

Mean number of nets per person

Socio economic status1

% of people with highest SES

Socio economic status2

% of people with lowest SES

House ownership

% of houses owned

Population density

Mean population density

Mosquito exposure

Mean malaria mosquito catches per house

NDVI

Mean NDVI

TWI

Mean TWI

Distance to lake

Mean distance to the lake

Elevation from lake

Mean elevation from lake

Distance to clinic

Mean distance to nearest health clinic

  1. SES socio economic status, NDVI normalized difference vegetation index, TWI topographic wetness index