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Table 1 Characteristics of participants, households, and villages in the baseline surveys

From: Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania

 

All

Control

Intervention

Panel A: Household characteristics

Number of households

5757

2581

3176

Female household head, n (%)

1646 (28.6%)

709 (27.5%)

937 (29.5%)

Household head completed primary school, n (%)

3763 (65.4%)

1776 (68.8%)

1987 (62.6%)

Owns house, n (%)

4994 (86.7%)

2330 (90.3%)

2664 (83.9%)

Land, n (SD)

3.87 (5.71)

4.18 (6.16)

3.62 (5.32)

Improved source of drinking water, n (%)

4747 (82.5%)

2008 (77.8%)

2739 (86.2%)

Flush toilet, n (%)

387 (6.7%)

114 (4.4%)

273 (8.6%)

Health insurance, n (%)

618 (10.7%)

240 (9.3%)

378 (11.9%)

Has any treated mosquito nets, n (%)

3456 (60.0%)

1682 (65.2%)

1774 (55.9%)

Agriculture as main income source, n (%)

4709 (81.8%)

2236 (86.6%)

2473 (77.9%)

Number of household members, mean (SD)

4.82 (2.49)

4.45 (2.50)

5.11 (2.44)

Panel B: Characteristics of household members surveyed

Number of individuals

11,655

4,927

6,728

Female, n (%)

7161 (61.4%)

3034 (61.6%)

4127 (61.3%)

Age category (years)

   

Less than 5, n (%)

2578 (22.1%)

1009 (20.5%)

1569 (23.3%)

5 to 15, n (%)

3283 (28.2%)

1310 (26.6%)

1973 (29.3%)

Above 15, n (%)

5794 (49.7%)

2608 (52.9%)

3186 (47.4%)

Had fever in the past 14 days, n (%)

1332 (11.4%)

503 (10.2%)

829 (12.3%)

Knows what malaria is, n (%)

5481 (74.5%)

2410 (74.1%)

3071 (74.8%)

Number of malaria symptoms listed (max = 4), n (SD)

1.96 (0.87)

1.84 (0.87)

2.05 (0.86)

Number of malaria prevention measures listed (max = 3), n (SD)

1.48 (0.71)

1.41 (0.66)

1.54 (0.74)

Slept under a mosquito net last night, n (%)

10,151 (87.1%)

4235 (86.0%)

5916 (87.9%)

Weight-for-age Z-score for those under 5, n (SD)

-0.56 (1.81)

-0.56 (1.92)

-0.57 (1.74)

Body temperature, degrees Celsius, n (SD)

36.77 (0.44)

36.72 (0.40)

36.81 (0.46)

Malaria rapid diagnostic test—positive result, n (%)

3123 (26.8%)

1279 (26.0%)

1844 (27.4%)

Panel C: Village-level characteristics

Number of villages

86

27

59

Population from census, n (SD)

2105 (1471)

1469 (909)

2429 (1599)

Number of households interviewed, n (SD)

66.94 (59.20)

95.59 (71.53)

53.83 (47.81)

  1. Agricultural source of income includes farming, fishing, or livestock keeping
  2. Has any treated mosquito nets is coded to 1 if the answers to “Does your household have any mosquito nets?” and “Are/Is your net(s) treated (LLIN)?” were both Yes
  3. Questions on malaria knowledge were only asked to respondents above 5 years of age. Number of malaria symptoms listed is based on how many of the following four symptoms a respondent could name without prompt: chills, fever, cold, and headache. Number of malaria prevention measures listed is based on how many of the following three measures a respondent could name without prompt environmental hygiene and cleanliness, mosquito net use, and mosquito repellent/incense
  4. Slept under a mosquito net last night is coded to 1 if the answer to “Did you sleep under a net last night?” was Yes and coded to 0 if the answer is No, Not Applicable, or missing
  5. Numbers of villages at baseline and endline are different due to changes in administrative boundaries
  6. SD: standard deviation;
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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