Assessing national vector control micro-planning in Zambia using the 2021 malaria indicator survey

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Sample sizes for households in the micro-planning analysis, and the comparison between the 2021 and 2018 MIS.

	Microplanning analysis with 2021 MIS data		Comparison between the 2021 and 2018 MIS
	Households included in micro-planning analysis	Households excluded from micro-planning analysis	Total number of households in the 2021 MIS data	Total number of households in the 2018 MIS data
Central	474	1^a	475	292
Copperbelt	0	467	467	284
Eastern	824	0	824	655
Luapula	461	0	461	666
Lusaka	0	456	456	307
Muchinga	328	0	328	304
North-Western	293	0	293	293
Northern	406	14^a	420	299
Southern	364	133^a	497	295
Western	400	0	400	782
Total	3550	1071	4621	4177

The number of households included (second column) and excluded (third column) from the microplanning analysis are presented. Additionally, the sample sizes for the 2021 and 2018 MIS are presented in the fourth and fifth columns respectively (in bold). ^aDenotes households that were excluded in the microplanning analysis due to ambiguous micro-planning maps. Details of the sampling design for both the 2021 and 2018 MIS can be found in the respective MIS reports published by the NMEP [12, 15]

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