Table 4 Characteristics of the households
Characteristics | Total (n = 236) | Households with at least one positive participant (n = 40) | Households without a positive participant (n = 196) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Possession of bed net | ||||||
 Yes | 211 | 89.4 | 35 | 89.7 | 176 | 89.3 |
 No | 4 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 |
 Unknown | 21 | 8.9 | 4 | 10.3 | 17 | 8.6 |
Person-per-net ratio | ||||||
 ≤2.5 | 125 | 53.0 | 23 | 57.5 | 102 | 52.0 |
 >2.5 and <4.0 | 50 | 21.2 | 9 | 22.5 | 41 | 20.9 |
 ≥4.0 or no net | 39 | 16.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 35 | 17.9 |
 Unknown | 22 | 9.3 | 4 | 10.0 | 18 | 9.2 |
Number of members | ||||||
 <5 | 57 | 24.2 | 8 | 20.0 | 49 | 25.0 |
 5–7 | 104 | 44.1 | 17 | 42.5 | 87 | 44.4 |
 ≥8 | 75 | 31.8 | 15 | 37.5 | 60 | 30.6 |
Mean (standard deviation) | 6.5 (2.8) | 6.8 (2.5) | 6.4 (2.9) | |||