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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the febrile residents’ demographic information

From: Community case management of malaria in Western Kenya: performance of community health volunteers in active malaria case surveillance

Parameter

Options

Enrollment (%)

Eco-epidemiological Zone (%)

p-value

Kano Plains

Lowland Lakeshore

Highland Plateau

Enrolled resident

 

2597

954

807

836

 

Sex

Male

1104 (42.5)

414 (43.4)

355 (44.0)

335 (40.1)

0.216

Female

1493 (57.5)

540 (56.6)

452 (56.0)

501 (59.9)

Age

 < 5 years old

417 (16.1)

155 (16.2)

130 (16.1)

132 (15.8)

0.065

5 ~ 14 years old

974 (37.5)

390 (40.9)

289 (35.8)

295 (35.3)

 ≥ 15 years old

1206 (46.4)

409 (42.9)

388 (48.1)

409 (48.9)

Education level

Never attended school

225 (8.7)

48 (5.0)

59 (7.3)

118 (14.1)

 < 0.0001

Pre-school age

350 (13.5)

122 (12.8)

106 (13.1)

122 (14.6)

Primary

1574 (60.6)

622 (65.2)

498 (61.7)

454 (54.3)

Secondary

332 (12.8)

124 (13.0)

106 (13.1)

102 (12.2)

College & above

116 (4.5)

38 (4.0)

38 (4.7)

40 (4.8)

Community health training & workshops attended

Farmer

535 (20.6)

218 (22.9)

189 (23.4)

128 (15.3)

 < 0.0001

Small scale business

234 (9.0)

91 (9.5)

59 (7.3)

84 (10.0)

Unemployed

108 (4.2)

17 (1.8)

32 (4.0)

59 (7.1)

Student

1447 (55.7)

584 (61.2)

435 (53.9)

428 (51.2)

Non-school child

110 (4.2)

25 (2.6)

37 (4.6)

48 (5.7)

Others

163 (6.3)

19 (2.6)

55 (6.8)

89 (10.6)