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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for household-level characteristics of participants

From: Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Total

RDT+

RDT−

Χ2 p-value

Total

PCR+

PCR−

Χ2 p-value

Total household population

 1–4

188

61 (33%)

127 (67%)

0.013

194

66 (34%)

128 (66%)

0.014

 5–8

782

226 (29%)

556 (71%)

 

771

261 (34%)

510 (66%)

 

 9–12

410

91 (22%)

319 (78%)

 

368

96 (26%)

272 (74%)

 

 13–18

211

49 (23%)

162 (77%)

 

224

58 (26%)

166 (74%)

 

Glass windows

 Yes

207

5 (2%)

202 (98%)

< 0.001

203

9 (4%)

194 (96%)

< 0.001

 No

1384

422 (31%)

962 (69%)

 

1354

472 (35%)

882 (65%)

 

Screen windows

 Yes

44

5 (11%)

39 (89%)

0.029

44

5 (11%)

39 (89%)

0.007

 No

1547

422 (27%)

1125 (73%)

 

1513

476 (32%)

1037 (68%)

 

Open windows

 Yes

285

105 (37%)

180 (63%)

< 0.001

278

122 (44%)

156 (56%)

< 0.001

 No

1306

322 (25%)

984 (75%)

 

1279

359 (28%)

920 (72%)

 

Electricity

 Yes

388

11 (3%)

377 (97%)

< 0.001

384

15 (4%)

369 (96%)

< 0.001

 No

1203

416 (35%)

787 (65%)

 

1173

466 (40%)

707 (60%)

 

Household owns bed net

 Yes

1152

313 (27%)

839 (73%)

0.671

1128

344 (31%)

784 (69%)

0.626

 No

439

114 (26%)

325 (74%)

 

429

137 (32%)

292 (68%)

 

Water in 2 min

 Yes

632

163 (26%)

469 (74%)

0.479

616

186 (30%)

430 (70%)

0.67

 No

959

264 (27%)

695 (73%)

 

941

295 (31%)

646 (69%)

 

Type of water

 Stream

98

33 (34%)

65 (66%)

0.081

98

39 (40%)

59 (60%)

0.002

 Pond/lake

39

12 (31%)

27 (69%)

 

38

13 (34%)

25 (66%)

 

 Swamp/marsh

57

22 (39%)

35 (61%)

 

57

28 (49%)

29 (51%)

 

 Frequent puddles

264

74 (28%)

190 (72%)

 

254

85 (34%)

169 (66%)

 

 NA/other

1133

286 (25%)

847 (75%)

 

1110

316 (29%)

794 (71%)

 
  1. Statistically significant p-values are indicated in italic