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Table 1 Descriptive information of the DHS and MIS data

From: Challenges of DHS and MIS to capture the entire pattern of malaria parasite risk and intervention effects in countries with different ecological zones: the case of Cameroon

Survey information

DHS

MIS

Rainy period

Low rainy season: April, May, June

High rainy season: August, September, October

Survey period

January to August

September to November

Numbers of locations

580

257

Numbers of households

15050

6040

Numbers of children aged 0–59 months surveyed

5515

4939

Parasitaemia prevalence

30 (12–53)

33 (6–57)

Socio economic

 Education level of mothers (%)

  No education

20

23.2

  Primary

33.8

30.2

  Secondary

40.7

39.9

  University

5.5

6.7

 Wealth index (%)

  Most poor

22

25

  Very poor

21.8

22.2

  Poor

20.2

21.2

  Less poor

19.7

17.5

  Least poor

16.3

14

ITN ownership

 Percentage of households with at least one ITN

36.4 (26.5–52.3)

46.3 (30–61.9)

 Percentage of households with at least one ITN for every two person

14 (8.6–27.6)

15 (6.8–26.9)

ITN use, ACT and indoor residual spray coverage

 Percentage of children aged 0–59 months who slept under an ITN the night before the survey

21 (5.4–38.6)

35 (9.7–56.2)

 Percentage of population with access to an ITN in their household

5 (3–9.7)

9 (2.7–13. 8)

 Indoor residual spray

2.3 (0–8.9)

1.9 (0.2–5.2)

 Percentage of children with fever in the last 2 weeks who seeked treatment and received ACT

6.1 (0.7–17.8)

12.6 (1.1–29.8)