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Table 1 Questionnaire description

From: Socioeconomic and demographic characterization of an endemic malaria region in Brazil by multiple correspondence analysis

Block

Information

(A) Interviewee demographic data

Name

 

Address

 

Birth date and age

 

Gender

 

Race/color

 

Birth place

 

Residence time in the current address

(B) Dwellers demographic data

Name

 

Age

 

Gender

 

Relationship with the interviewee

 

Residence time > 12 months in the address

 

Schooling

 

School’s name and location

(C) Malaria episodes reported by the interviewee

If remembers the 1st malaria

 

Self-reported malaria in the last 12 months

 

Inactivity and days lost due to malaria

 

If needed health care in the last 12 months

 

Places sought for health care

 

Hospitalization due to malaria

(D) Interviewee’s last episode of malaria

How he/she discovered he/she had malaria

 

Date of the last malaria episode (self-report)

 

If he/she had malaria symptoms

 

Type of malaria (falc, vivax)

 

Access and adherence to treatment

(E) Malaria information for each dweller

If they had malaria in the last 12 months (as reported by the interviewee)

 

Hospitalization to treat malaria

(F) Household goods

Ownership of goods and animals

(G) Occupation and income of the household

Types of occupation of the householders

 

Number of dwellers contributing for the household income

 

If the income received is considered sufficient

(H) Characteristics of household

Material used for the wall, roof, ceiling and floor

 

Presence of crevices in the walls

 

Number of rooms

(I) Household access

Type of access to the household (river, road, trail)

 

If household is accessible by vehicle on a rainy day

 

If access is paved

 

If you would like the street, road or trail to be paved

 

If the access to the house floods

 

If flooding reaches the door of the house

 

Presence of natural or artificial water bodies in the vicinity of the house and the neighborhood

(J) Water supply

Type of access to water

 

Source of water used in the kitchen and for drinking

 

How water is stored

 

If water is treated before consumption

 

Frequency at which water is missing at home

 

Place where the households shower

 

Place where the households wash dishes and clothes

 

Place where the households go to tend to their physiological needs

(L) Garbage disposal

How waste is disposed

 

Frequency of garbage collection by public service, if available

(M) Access to electricity

If there is electricity in the household

 

If available: its source, installation date, if time-restricted or fails, cost

 

If not available: source of energy used

(N) Mobility and potential exposure to malaria

Routine activities from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 

Frequency and motivation to go close to water bodies and the forest

 

Frequency of sleeping in the wild

 

Frequency, motivation, and length of stay in farms

 

If needs to travel to receive social benefits, frequency and length of stay

 

If needs to travel for working, frequency and length of stay

 

If traveled for any other reason in the last 12 months, frequency and length of stay

(O) Use of bednet and other protections

Ownership of impregnated and standard bednets and quantity

 

General usage, usage in the last night

 

Problems with bednet usage

 

If the households use other methods for mosquito protection

 

Recommendations or suggestions for improving the health of the family and community