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Malaria Journal

Table 2 Peridomestic space characteristic of the households surveyed in Lupiro village, Ulanga district, south-eastern Tanzania

Household with veranda (N = 103)			Household without veranda (N = 97)
Characterization	n	Percentage	Characterization	n	Percentage
Open veranda	69	67.0	N/A
Closed veranda	34	33.0	N/A
Usage
Resting	92	42.2	N/A
Cooking	67	30.7	N/A
Eating	56	25.7	N/A
Others	3	1.4	N/A
Other peri-domestic space			Other peri-domestic space
Yes	69	67	Yes	91	93.8
No	34	33	No	6	6.2
Built structure	23		Built structure	32
Roof	23	100	Roof	31	96.9
No roof	0	0	No roof	1	3.1
Wall	7	30.4	Wall	10	31.3
No wall	16	69.6	No wall	22	68.7
Average distance from the houses (m)	6.3		Average distance from the houses (m)	6.8
Usage			Usage
Resting	9	24.3	Resting	19	29.2
Cooking	22	59.5	Cooking	30	46.2
Eating	6	16.2	Eating	16	24.6
Non-built structure	46		Non-built structure	59
Under the tree	34	62.9	Under the tree	28	42.4
Open space	19	35.2	Open space	34	51.5
Others	1	1.9	Others	4	6.1
Average distance from the houses (m)	6.8		Average distance from the houses (m)	6.2
Usage			Usage
Resting	32	43.2	Resting	54	38.0
Cooking	20	27.0	Cooking	48	33.8
Eating	22	29.7	Eating	40	28.2

ISSN: 1475-2875