Parameter | Age groups in years | Gender | Total | |||
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 < 5 | 5–9 | 10–14 | Male | Female | ||
% (N) | 38.1 (503) | 42.2 (557) | 19.6 (259) | 49.4 (652) | 50.6 (667) | 100 (1319) |
Mean age (SD) in years | 2.5 (1.2) | 6.7 (1.4) | 11.5 (1.2) | 6.3 (3.5) | 5.9 (3.5) | 6.0 (3.5) |
Mean haemoglobin (SD) level in g/dL | 9.9 (2.0) | 10.6 (1.7) | 11.2 (1.7) | 10.4 (1.8) | 10.5 (1.9) | 10.5 (1.8) |
Educational level of parent/caregiver | ||||||
 No formal (n) | 8.9 (42) | 11.9 (57) | 7.2 (16) | 10.5 (61) | 9.2 (54) | 9.8 (115) |
 Primary (n) | 42.9 (202) | 53.2 (255) | 47.1 (104) | 45.4 (264) | 50.4 (297) | 47.9 (561) |
 Secondary (n) | 37.4 (176) | 23.8 (114) | 36.2 (80) | 31.6 (184) | 31.6 (186) | 31.6 (370) |
 Tertiary (n) | 10.8 (51) | 11.1 (53) | 9.5 (21) | 11.5 (73) | 8.8 (52) | 10.7 (125) |
Altitude of residence | ||||||
 Highland (n) | 27.2 (137) | 32.8 (178) | 41.7 (108) | 53.7 (227) | 46.3 196) | 32.1 (423) |
 Middle belt (n) | 42.5 (214) | 38.7 (215) | 23.9 (62) | 44.4 (218) | 55.6 (273) | 37.2 (491) |
 Lowland (n) | 30.4 (153) | 29.3 (163) | 34.4 (89) | 51.1 (207) | 48.9 (198) | 30.7 (405) |
Clinical | ||||||
 Fever prevalence (n) | 8.3 (42) | 9.5 (53) | 6.6 (17) | 8.1 (53) | 8.8 (59) | 8.5 (112) |
 Microscopic malaria parasite prevalence (n) | 36.7 (185)α | 39.4 (219)α | 29.3 (76)α | 36.0 (235) | 36.7 (245) | 36.4 (480) |
 Asymptomatic malaria parasite prevalence (n) | 34.0 (164)β | 36.9 (197)β | 28.0 (71)β | 33.6 (211) | 34.4 (221) | 34.0 (432) |
 Sub microscopic infection prevalence (n) | 28.7 (47)γ | 51.3 (79)γ | 60.5 (49)γ | 46.9 (91) | 40.8 (84) | 43.8 (175) |