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Table 2 Profile of sample households

From: Coverage of community case management for malaria through CHWs: a quantitative assessment using primary household surveys of high-burden areas in Chhattisgarh state of India

Profile of household respondents

August, 2015

November, 2016

November, 2018

Average age of respondents (years)

41

40

40

Gender of respondent

 Male

1467 (44.8%)

1500 (49.2%)

1539 (36.2%)

 Female

1808 (55.2%)

1544 (50.6%)

2718 (63.9%)

 Not responded

2 (0.1%)

5 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

Household size (mean)

4.9

5.0

5.1

Caste (social group)

 Scheduled tribes

1907 (58.2%)

1419 (46.5%)

2408 (56.6%)

 Scheduled castes

321 (9.8%)

303 (9.9%)

443 (10.4%)

 Other backward classes (OBC)

802 (24.5%)

854 (28.0%)

984 (23.1%)

 Others

194 (5.9%)

237 (7.8%)

189 (4.4%)

 Not reported

53 (1.6%)

236 (7.7%)

233 (5.5%)

Educational status of respondents

 Class 8 or higher

826 (25.2%)

895 (29.4%)

1276 (30.0%)

 Class 5–7

494 (15.1%)

439 (14.4%)

593 (13.9%)

 Class 1–4

224 (6.8%)

184 (6.0%)

276 (6.5%)

 No formal education but literate

381 (11.6%)

303 (9.9%)

474 (11.1%)

 Not literate

1214 (37.1%)

1115 (36.6%)

1343 (31.6%)

 Not reported

138 (4.2%)

113 (3.7%)

295 (6.9%)