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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

From: Communication for behavioural impact in enhancing utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets among mothers of under-five children in rural North Sudan: an experimental study

Household characteristics

Intervention villages (n = 412)

Comparison villages (n = 349)

p value

Husband’s occupation

 Government employee

35 (8.5)

22 (6.3)

0.125

 Business

30 (7.3)

34 (9.7)

 Farmer

85 (20.6)

76 (21.8)

 Free job

262 (63.6)

217 (62.2)

Education level

 Informal education

117 (28.4)

99 (28.4)

0.529

 Primary education

202 (49.0)

159 (45.6)

 Intermediate

23 (5.6)

24 (6.9)

 Secondary

60 (14.6)

53 (15.2)

 University

10 (2.4)

14 (4.0)

Monthly income (USD)

68.8 ± 39.6

77.1 ± 41.2

0.074

Age of mothers

29.3 ± 6.7

30.3 ± 7.9

0.148

Family size

5.3 ± 2.1

5.6 ± 2.2

0.071

Number of children <5 years

1.6 ± 0.7

1.7 ± 0.7

0.416

  1. Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage
  2. Plus-minus values are means ± standard deviations (SD)