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Table 1 Participants summary characteristics

From: Access and adequate utilization of malaria control interventions in rural Malawi: a descriptive quantitative study

Summary characteristic

n (%)

MIS 2014 n* (%) [13]

Households

1328

 

Participants

2046

 

Children

887 (43.4)

 

Women

1159 (56.6)

 

Highest level of education women (3 missing)

 

N = 2897

 No school

382 (33.0)

293 (14.4)

 Some primary

590 (51.0)

1763 (62.6))

 Completed primary or some secondary

137 (11.9)

742 (20.5)

 Completed Secondary or further

47 (4.1)

99 (2.4)

ITN available in household

722 (35.3)

(70.2)

 

Median (IQR)

 

Median age in years (IQR)

 Children

2.6 (1.6–3.8)

 

 Women

29.3 (22.2–36.1)

 
 

Mean, min–max (SD)

 

Household size (SD)

4.5 (2.03)

 

Distance to a health facility in km, minimum–maximum

2.9, 0.1–7.6

 

Household facilities and possessions (N = 1251)

n (%)

(%)

 Electricity

29 (2.3)

(11.9)

 Radio

494 (39.5)

(52.2)

 Mobile phone

496 (39.7)

(48.8)

 Television

44 (3.5)

(14.0)

 Drinking water

  

  Piped into dwelling

16 (1.3)

(14.2)

  Piped into yard/plot

7 (0.6)

(10.6)

  Borehole

1060 (84.7)

(55.8)

  Unprotected source (river/surface water)

98 (7.8)

(4.1)

 Flush own toilet

14 (1.1)

(3.4)

  1. ITN insecticide-treated bed net, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
  2. n* The total is included where provided