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Table 8 Local and international travel by country (recall < 3 months)

From: The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Indicator

Adults

Children < 18 years

Angola

Mozambique

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Angola

Mozambique

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Proportion of respondents who travelled and stayed at least one night outside the district of residence in last 3 months, % (N)

43 (277)

46 (352)

8 (229)

16 (331)

9 (366)

34 (340)

2 (393)

1 (72)

Average number of times respondents travelled within country in last 3 months, n (N)

1.5 (120)

2.3 (161)

1.33 (18)

1.69 (54)

8 (33)

4 (114)

1 (6)

1.0 (1)

Average number of times respondents travelled internationally in last 3 months, n (N)

1.4 (120)

1.8 (161)

0.61 (18)

3. 67 (54)

20 (33)

3 (114)

0 (6)

1.0 (1)

Reason for domestic travel during last trip, N

11

117

11

3

6

108

6

0

 For work, %

0

5

18

0

0

0

0

0

 For school, %

0

2

0

0

16

56

0

0

 To visit family or friends, %

73

53

18

33

16

13

0

0

 Marriage, funeral, holiday, %

0

16

27

0

33

18

100

0

 Seeking treatment, %

0

2

18

0

33

2

0

0

 Trading/selling/shopping, %)

27

8

18

67

0

1.9

0

0

 Cattle herding, religious activities, other, don’t know, (%)

0

15

0

0

0

9

0

0

Reason for international travel during last trip, N

109

44

7

51

27

6

0

1

 For work, %

4

2

0

12

0

 

0

0

 For school, %

1

0

0

0

30

50

0

0

 To visit family or friends, %

19

20

0

33

7

33

0

0

 Marriage, funeral, holiday%

10

5

0

10

56

0

0

100

 Seeking treatment, %

25

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

 Trading/selling/shopping, %)

23

52

100

29

0

0

0

0

 Cattle herding, religious activities, other, don’t know, (%)

18

20

0

28

0

17

0

0

Proportion of respondents who slept outside at least 1 day on trip, % (N)

43 (120)

43 (161)

17 (18)

26 (54)

30 (27)

39 (114)

0 (6)

0 (1)

Proportion of respondents who travelled and used protective measures against malaria, % (N)

7 (120)

21 (152)

22 (18)

39 (54)

4 (27)

20 (114)

0

1

Protective measures used by respondents when sleeping outside during their most recent trip, N

8

33

4

21

1

23

0

1

 Bed nets, %

75

64

50

71

0

70

0

100

 Repellent, %

0

12

50

10

100

13

0

0

 Chemoprophylaxis/medicine, %

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

 

 Covering clothing, %

0

6

0

24

0

0

0

0

 Aerosol sprays, %

13

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Coils, fire, smoke, other/don’t know, %

13

34

0

19

0

17

0

0