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Table 1 Summary of household characteristics stratified by elevation quartile

From: Malaria prevalence and long-lasting insecticidal net use in rural western Uganda: results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in an area of highly variable malaria transmission intensity

 

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

p-value*

General

 Households (n)

544

543

543

543

–

 Elevation range (m)

1096–1263

1264–1419

1420–1614

1615–2420

–

 Median elevation (m, IQR)

1219 (1186–1241)

1362 (1318–1388)

1500 (1452–1555)

1737 (1674–1829)

–

 Distance to health centre

  Less than 1 km

54.9 (53.7–56.1)

58.4 (57.2–59.7)

56.4 (55.3–57.6)

16.3 (15.3–17.3)

< .001

  1 km to 2 km

37.0 (35.7–38.3)

41.2 (39.9–42.5)

33.3 (32.1–34.6)

38.1 (36.9–39.4)

  More than 2 km

8.1 (7.2–9.0)

0.4 (0.2–0.6)

10.2 (9.5–11.0)

45.6 (44.4–46.8)

Care-seeking

 Sought care in past two weeks?

16.2 (15.0–17.5)

16.4 (15.3–17.5)

12.0 (11.1–13.0)

9.1 (8.2–10.1)

< .001

 Location where care provided (n, %)

  Hospital

1 (1.1)

2 (2.4)

1 (1.5)

2 (4.1)

0.74

  Health centre

47 (53.4)

42 (50.0)

36 (53.7)

21 (42.9)

  Pharmacy or drug shop

11 (12.5)

12 (14.3)

14 (20.9)

9 (18.4)

  Community health worker

26 (29.6)

27 (32.1)

15 (22.4)

17 (34.7)

  Traditional healer

3 (3.4)

1 (1.2)

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

LLINs

 Child slept under LLIN last night?

65.6 (64.0–67.2)

69.8(68.4–71.2)

66.0 (64.6–67.4)

56.4(54.8–67.4)

< .001

 LLIN source

  Government distribution

77.8 (76.1–79.5)

81.5 (80.1–82.9)

81.8 (80.4–83.1)

89.2 (87.8–90.4)

< .001

  Health centre

22.2 (20.5–23.9)

16.9 (15.6–18.3)

18.2 (16.9–19.6

10.8 (9.6–12.2)

  Store/private vendor

–

1.6 (1.2–2.1)

–

–

Fever and malaria

 Subjective fever in past two days?

9.3 (8.4–10.3)

10.0 (9.1–10.9)

5.3 (4.7–6.0)

5.2 (4.5–6.0)

< .001

 PfPR

9.24 (8.35–10.22)

9.28 (8.42–10.20)

2.98 (2.52–3.52)

1.82 (1.42–2.32)

< .001

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, data presented represents weighted proportion of households with corresponding 95% confidence intervals
  2. * p-value from Pearson’s chi squared test for difference in proportions across elevation quartiles