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Table 1 Characteristics of the households and prevalence of malaria in the previous 12 months according to the presence of bed nets

From: Treatment-seeking behaviour, awareness and preventive practice toward malaria in Abu Ushar, Gezira state, Sudan: a household survey experience from a rural area

Variables

Overall, N = 3101

Presence of bed nets within the household

p-value2

Yes, N = 1971

No, N = 1131

Household member size?

 Total number

1955

1265

690

 

 Mean ± SD

6.3 ± 2.6

6.4 ± 2.6

6.1 ± 2.5

0.3

Number of children under 5 years in the house?

 0

124 (40.0%)

77 (39.1%)

47 (41.6%)

 > 0.9

 1

93 (30.0%)

60 (30.5%)

33 (29.2%)

 2

64 (20.6%)

42 (21.3%)

22 (19.5%)

 3

23 (7.4%)

15 (7.6%)

8 (7.1%)

 4

3 (1.0%)

2 (1.0%)

1 (0.9%)

 5

1 (0.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

 6

2 (0.6%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.9%)

Do you have more than one family in your house? (Yes)

156 (50.3%)

105 (53.3%)

51 (45.1%)

0.2

Prevalence of malaria within households in the previous 12 months:

 Had malaria infection

294 (94.8%)

186 (94.4%)

108 (95.6%)

0.7

 No malaria infection

16 (5.2%)

11 (5.6%)

5 (4.4%)

How many person infected with malaria in the previous 12 months

 Mean ± SD

4.0 ± 2.8

4.0 ± 2.9

4.0 ± 2.6

0.91

Proportion of member infected with malaria in the previous 12 months/total number of member within houushold

 Median (IQR)

67% (36%–100%)

60% (33%–100%)

71% (43%–100%)

0.11

  1. 1Data were presented as n (%); Mean ± SD, Median (IQR)
  2. 2Fisher's exact test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Two Sample t-test, Mann whitney U test