Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Factor | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Health Region | |
Lomé Commune | 616 (20.7) |
Maritime | 531 (17.9) |
Plateaux | 764 (25.7) |
Centrale | 290 (9.8) |
Kara | 328 (11.0) |
Savanes | 443 (14.9) |
Place of residence | |
Rural | 1983 (66.7) |
Urban | 989 (33.3) |
Gender | |
Male | 1480 (49.8) |
Female | 1492 (50.2) |
Age in months | |
06–23 | 1022 (34.4) |
24–35 | 616 (20.7) |
36–59 | 1334 (44.9) |
Had fever in last two weeks | |
No | 2243 (75.5) |
Yes | 729 (24.5) |
Mother’s ethnicity | |
Kabye_tem | 895 (30.1) |
Mina | 997 (33.5) |
Para-gourma | 896 (30.1) |
Stranger | 89 (3.0) |
Other | 95 (3.2) |
Mother’s religion | |
Animist | 836 (28.1) |
Christian | 1564 (52.6) |
Muslim | 567 (19.1) |
Other | 55 (0.2) |
Mother’s educational level | |
No education | 1269 (42.7) |
Primary | 993 (33.4) |
Secondary or higher | 710 (23.9) |
Mother's age in years | |
15–24 | 734 (24.7) |
25–34 | 1464 (49.3) |
35–49 | 774 (26.0) |
Exposed to malaria messages | |
No | 2293 (77.2) |
Yes | 679 (22.8) |
Recognising mosquitoes as vectors of malaria | |
No | 575 (19.3) |
Yes | 2397 (80.7) |
Household has mosquito bed net | |
No | 174 (5.9) |
Yes | 2798 (94.5) |
Household wealth quintile | |
Poorest | 715 (24.1) |
Poorer | 645 (21.7) |
Middle | 581 (19.5) |
Richer | 538 (18.1) |
Richest | 493 (16.6) |
Main floor material | |
Improved | 2465 (82.9) |
Unimproved | 507 (17.1) |
Main wall material | |
Improved | 1758 (59.2) |
Unimproved | 1214 (40.8) |
Main roof material | |
Improved | 2534 (85.3) |
Unimproved | 438 (14.7) |
Main water source | |
Improved | 1827 (61.5) |
Unimproved | 1145 (38.5) |
Type of toilets facility | |
Improved | 1166 (39.2) |
Unimproved | 1806 (60.8) |
Density in the household | |
1–2 persons | 34 (1.2) |
3–4 persons | 658 (22.1) |
5 + persons | 2280 (76.7) |
Altitude in metres | |
0–300 | 2179 (73.3) |
301–600 | 749 (25.2) |
601 and more | 44 (1.5) |