Table 1 Estimated characteristics of venue-goers, TLS survey, Zambezi Region, Namibia, 2015
Variables | All venue-goers (N = 480) | Bars (N = 390) | Churches (N = 90) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n | Percent (95% CI) | N | n | Percent (95% CI) | N | n | Percent (95% CI) | |
Demographics | |||||||||
Sex | |||||||||
Female | 480 | 155 | 37.2 (28.0–47.3) | 390 | 105 | 33.9 (24.0–45.5) | 90 | 50 | 63.9 (49.2–76.5) |
Male | 480 | 325 | 62.8 (52.7–72.0) | 390 | 285 | 66.1 (54.5–76.0) | 90 | 40 | 36.1 (23.5–50.8) |
Age | |||||||||
Median (IQR) | 480 | - | 25 (20–36) | 390 | - | 25 (20–34) | 90 | - | 36 (23–50) |
15–24 | 480 | 202 | 46.8 (37.1–56.7) | 390 | 176 | 49.1 (38.7–59.5) | 90 | 26 | 27.7 (13.7–48.1) |
25–34 | 480 | 133 | 27.1 (21.2–34.0) | 390 | 116 | 28.3 (21.8–35.8) | 90 | 17 | 17.7 (9.8–29.7) |
35–44 | 480 | 77 | 15.2 (10.5–21.5) | 390 | 61 | 14.1 (9.3–20.9) | 90 | 16 | 24.1 (14.6–37.3) |
45+ | 480 | 68 | 10.9 (6.6–17.4) | 390 | 37 | 8.5 (4.6–15.4) | 90 | 31 | 30.4 (17.9–46.7) |
Education | |||||||||
Less than primary | 476 | 104 | 21.0 (15.6–27.7) | 386 | 75 | 19.7 (14.1–26.7) | 90 | 29 | 32.0 (20.6–46.1) |
Primary | 476 | 212 | 43.7 (35.6–52.2) | 386 | 179 | 43.8 (35.0–53.0) | 90 | 33 | 42.8 (24.4–63.4) |
Secondary or above | 476 | 160 | 35.3 (28.0–43.2) | 386 | 132 | 36.5 (28.4–45.3) | 90 | 28 | 25.2 (16.5–36.3) |
Citizenship | |||||||||
Namibianaa | 480 | 462 | 97.9 (95.7–99.0) | 390 | 376 | 98.5 (96.9–99.3) | 90 | 86 | 93.2 (72.7–98.6) |
Zambian | 480 | 15 | 1.4 (0.7–3.0) | 390 | 13 | 1.3 (0.6–3.0) | 90 | 2 | 2.2 (0.3–16.1) |
Other | 480 | 3 | 0.7 (0.1–3.3) | 390 | 1 | 0.2 (0.0–1.4) | 90 | 2 | 4.6 (0.6–28.7) |
Livelihood activities | |||||||||
Agriculture/fishing | 480 | 174 | 27.5 (20.0–36.5) | 390 | 123 | 23.3 (16.4–31.9) | 90 | 51 | 62.5 (42.7–78.9) |
Construction/security guard | 480 | 60 | 11.0 (7.5–15.9) | 390 | 54 | 11.8 (7.9–17.3) | 90 | 6 | 4.3 (1.3–13.0) |
Professional/student/merchant | 480 | 189 | 40.5 (33.1–48.4) | 390 | 157 | 41.7 (33.9–49.9) | 90 | 32 | 31.3 (15.2–53.7) |
Homemaker/other | 480 | 97 | 15.7 (10.8–22.3) | 390 | 85 | 16.3 (10.9–23.7) | 90 | 12 | 10.5 (3.8–25.6) |
Agriculture, fishing, construction or security guard | 480 | 219 | 37.0 (28.5–46.3) | 390 | 164 | 33.7 (25.5–43.1) | 90 | 55 | 64.1 (44.1–80.2) |
Venue | |||||||||
Attends this type of venue (bar or church) between sundown and sunrise at least weekly | 466 | 294 | 28.8 (21.2–37.8) | 383 | 245 | 28.5 (20.2–38.4) | 83 | 49 | 31.4 (19.1–47.2) |
Duration of typical visit to venue | |||||||||
< 1 h | 469 | 73 | 20.7 (14.7–28.3) | 383 | 60 | 20.4 (14.1–28.6) | 86 | 13 | 23.1 (9.3–46.7) |
1–2 h | 469 | 155 | 34.8 (25.6–45.4) | 383 | 125 | 33.9 (24.1–45.5) | 86 | 30 | 42.1 (22.5–64.7) |
≥ 3 h | 469 | 241 | 44.5 (35.0–54.3) | 383 | 198 | 45.7 (35.5–56.2) | 86 | 43 | 34.7 (19.8–53.5) |
Ever bothered by mosquitos at venue | 478 | 281 | 53.8 (44.7–62.7) | 389 | 229 | 53.3 (43.2–63.1) | 89 | 52 | 57.8 (46.3–68.5) |
Personal protective measures against malaria at time of survey | 478 | 10 | 2.5 (0.9–6.3) | 388 | 9 | 2.7 (1.0–7.1) | 90 | 1 | 0.5 (0.1–3.5) |
Place of sleeping | |||||||||
Last time IRS in structure where sleeps | |||||||||
< 1 year | 361 | 173 | 50.8 (43.0–58.6) | 284 | 124 | 48.9 (40.5–57.2) | 77 | 49 | 63.7 (48.2–76.8) |
≥ 1 year | 361 | 83 | 19.8 (14.5–26.4) | 284 | 70 | 20.3 (14.5–27.7) | 77 | 13 | 16.5 (8.2–30.5) |
Never | 361 | 105 | 29.4 (22.0–38.0) | 284 | 90 | 30.8 (22.9–40.0) | 77 | 15 | 19.8 (6.9–45.0) |
Owns a mosquito net | 480 | 204 | 43.7 (36.1–51.6) | 390 | 166 | 44.6 (36.2–53.3) | 90 | 38 | 35.8 (27.1–45.6) |
Slept under a net last night | 479 | 135 | 26.9 (20.3–34.8) | 389 | 106 | 27.1 (19.8–36.0) | 90 | 29 | 25.2 (18.8–33.0) |
Slept outdoors in past 2 weeks | 479 | 50 | 10.5 (7.1–15.3) | 389 | 38 | 10.6 (6.9–15.9) | 90 | 12 | 10.2 (5.0–19.8) |
Spent the night outside of home village in past 4 weeks | 479 | 82 | 17.3 (12.6–23.3) | 389 | 65 | 17.0 (11.9–23.7) | 90 | 17 | 20.0 (12.2–30.9) |
Fever | |||||||||
Past 2 weeks | 478 | 245 | 52.1 (45.8–58.3) | 388 | 191 | 50.4 (43.9–56.9) | 90 | 54 | 65.7 (49.6–78.9) |
Past 3 months | 478 | 300 | 65.2 (59.2–70.8) | 388 | 238 | 64.2 (57.7–70.2) | 90 | 62 | 73.4 (59.2–83.9) |
Sought treatment last timeb | 299 | 105 | 37.9 (28.9–47.8) | 237 | 79 | 36.8 (27.0–47.8) | 62 | 26 | 45.7 (28.8–63.6) |
Treatment received last timec | |||||||||
Coartem | 94 | 5 | 3.4 (3.4–3.4) | 68 | 4 | 3.8 (3.8–3.8) | 26 | 1 | 1.3 (0.2–9.6) |
SP/Fansidar | 94 | 1 | 0.3 (0.3–0.3) | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 | 1.5 (0.2–10.2) |
Panadol | 94 | 61 | 69.2 (69.2–69.2) | 68 | 44 | 68.5 (68.5–68.5) | 26 | 17 | 72.1 (51.0–86.5) |
Other | 94 | 26 | 26.6 (26.6–26.6) | 68 | 19 | 26.9 (26.9–26.9) | 26 | 7 | 25.1 (10.8–47.9) |
None | 94 | 1 | 0.7 (0.7–0.7) | 68 | 1 | 0.8 (0.8–0.8) | 26 | 0 | - |
Malaria infection | |||||||||
RDT reactive | 479 | 3 | 0.5 (0.1–3.6) | 389 | 1 | 0.0 (0.0–0.2) | 90 | 2 | 4.6 (0.6–28.7) |
PCR reactive | 479 | 7 | 1.6 (0.5–4.7) | 389 | 6 | 1.6 (0.5–5.2) | 90 | 1 | 1.4 (0.2–11.1) |
LAMP reactive | 480 | 17 | 4.7 (2.4–8.9) | 390 | 13 | 4.3 (2.0–9.0) | 90 | 4 | 7.8 (2.1–25.1) |