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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of interviewees in each national sample

From: Key traveller groups of relevance to spatial malaria transmission: a survey of movement patterns in four sub-Saharan African countries

 

Mali

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Tanzania

N

% (CI)

N

% (CI)

N

% (CI)

N

% (CI)

Total

1588

 

721

 

1093

 

950

 

Gender

 Female

730

46 (43–48)

349

48 (45–52)

671

61 (58–64)

473

50 (47–53)

 Male

854

54 (51–56)

365

51 (47–54)

413

38 (35–41)

470

49 (46–53)

Age

 16–29

760

48 (45–50)

316

44 (40–48)

482

44 (41–47)

416

44 (41–47)

 30–45

511

32 (30–35)

284

39 (36–43)

395

36 (33–39)

381

40 (37–43)

 >45

317

20 (18–22)

118

16 (14–19)

206

19 (17–21)

147

16 (13–18)

 Mean number children <5 years (range)

 

0.81 (0–9)

 

0.77 (0–5)

 

1.01 (0–7)

 

1.56 (0–5)

 Mean number trips (range)

 

1.56 (1–51)

 

3.42 (1–100)

 

2.30 (1–100)

 

1.40 (1–20)

 Proportion who travelled (DHS)

 

0.313

 

0.291

 

0.431

 

0.427

Own bed net

 Yes

N/A

N/A

581

81 (78–83)

778

71 (68–74)

853

90 (88–92)

 No

N/A

N/A

136

19 (16–22)

314

29 (26–32)

91

10 (8–12)

Own mobile phone

 Yes

859

54 (52–57)

527

73 (70–76)

715

65 (63–68)

726

76 (74–79)

 No

727

46 (43–48)

191

26 (23–30)

330

30 (27–33)

217

23 (20–26)

  1. The number of individuals (N) and percentage of the sample (exact binomial 95 % confidence interval), or mean (range) are shown. All interviewees did not answer all questions, hence there are some missing values