Table 1 Household and individual-level characteristics of survey participants, stratified by the presence or absence of a child under five with fever in the preceding 2 weeks

Household

 Location

Urban

191 (12.4%)

10.6–14.4%

184 (14.8%)

12.8–17.0%

Rural

1265 (87.6%)

85.6–89.4%

1015 (85.2%)

83.0–87.2%

 Region of Sierra Leone

North

672 (46.9%)

41.4–52.5%

368 (30.6%)

25.8–35.9%

South

371 (25.4%)

21.1–30.3%

427 (35.7%)

30.4–41.4%

East

291 (19.5%)

15.7–24.1%

236 (19.8%)

15.9–24.5%

West

122 (8.2%)

5.8–11.3%

168 (13.9%)

10.6–18.0%

 Number of household residents

1–5

430 (29.3%%)

26.5–32.2%

440 (36.6%)

33.6–39.8%

6–10

795 (54.7%)

51.8–57.5%

602 (50.4%)

47.3–53.5%

11+

231 (16.1%)

13.9–18.5%

157 (12.9%)

11.0–15.2%

 Religion

Christian

284 (19.0%)

16.2–22.2%

261 (21.9%)

18.9–25.4%

Muslim

1172 (81.0%)

77.8–83.8%

938 (78.1%)

74.8–81.2%

 Socio-economic status

1 (poorest)

508 (35.4%)

31.9–39.0%

400 (33.4%)

30.0–37.1%

2

532 (36.2%)

33.3–39.1%

410 (34.2%)

31.2–37.4%

3 (least poor)

416 (28.5%)

25.2–31.9%

389 (32.3%)

28.6–36.3%

 Ownership of bed nets

Own any net

1272 (87.2%)

10.1–15.1%

1045 (86.9%)

84.4–89.1%

Net is an ITN

1214 (83.1%)

80.5–85.5%

989 (82.2%)

79.2–84.9%

Mean ITNs

2.6

2.5–2.8

2.5

2.4–2.6

Household adult respondents

 Mean age (years)

39.2

38.4–40.1

38.7

37.8–39.6

 Gender

Male

684 (47.1%)

44.0–50.2%

577 (48.2%)

45.0–51.5%

Female

772 (52.9%)

49.8–56.0%

622 (51.8%)

48.5–55.0%

 Education

None

967 (66.8%)

63.9–69.6%

779 (64.7%)

61.4–67.9%

Primary

173 (11.8%)

10.1–13.8%

124 (10.7%)

8.9–12.7%

Secondary/higher^a

279 (18.7%)

16.4–21.2%

277 (23.0%)

20.3–25.9%

Arabic/Other

37 (2.7%)

1.9–3.8%

19 (1.7%)

1.0–2.8%

 ITN use previous night

Respondent

1129 (76.6%)

73.7–79.3%

913 (76.2%)

72.9–79.2%

Knowledge of malaria-related topics

 Ever hear of the illness called “Malaria”

Yes

1492 (98.1%)

97.0–98.8%

1167 (97.4%)

96.1–98.3%

 At least one sign or symptom of malaria

Yes

1374 (94.2%)

92.5–95.6%

1116 (93.0%)

91.1–94.6%

 All are susceptible to malaria

Yes

1065 (73.2%)

70.3–75.9%

884 (73.4%)

70.3–76.3%

 At least one malaria protective measure

Yes

1244 (85.2%)

82.6–87.5%

1026 (85.4%)

82.7–87.8%

 ITNs can prevent malaria

Yes

865 (59.6%)

56.3–62.9%

741 (60.9%)

57.1–64.5%

 At least one antimalarial drug

Yes

1268 (86.9%)

84.7––88.8%

1021 (85.1%)

82.5–87.3%

 Recommended treatment with ACTs

Yes

606 (41.8%)

38.5–45.3%

527 (43.7%)

40.2–47.2%