Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics across survey waves in both Aweil South and Aweil West counties, June–November 2022
| Variable | Category | Wave 1 (n = 946) | Wave 2 (n = 902) | Wave 3 (n = 912) | p# | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Weighted % | n | % | Weighted % | n | % | Weighted % | ||||
| Child-level factors | Fever | Yes | 699 | 73.9 | 71.5 | 677 | 75.1 | 75.7 | 653 | 71.6 | 73.0 | 0.689 |
| No | 247 | 26.1 | 28.6 | 225 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 259 | 28.4 | 27.1 | |||
| RDT-confirmed malaria | Yes | 473 | 50.0 | 46.9 | 532 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 534 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 0.069 | |
| No | 473 | 50.0 | 53.1 | 370 | 41.0 | 40.0 | 378 | 41.4 | 41.5 | |||
| Sex | Male | 450 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 456 | 50.6 | 52.6 | 443 | 48.6 | 48.0 | 0.023 | |
| Female | 496 | 52.4 | 53.1 | 446 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 469 | 51.4 | 52.0 | |||
| Age | 3–12 months | 113 | 11.9 | 8.6 | 83 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 46 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 0.320 | |
| 1 year | 209 | 22.1 | 23.3 | 134 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 189 | 20.7 | 20.2 | |||
| 2 years | 175 | 18.5 | 20.9 | 190 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 225 | 24.7 | 23.6 | |||
| 3 years | 237 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 219 | 24.3 | 22.7 | 230 | 25.2 | 22.4 | |||
| 4 years | 149 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 196 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 169 | 18.5 | 19.7 | |||
| 5 years | 63 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 80 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 53 | 5.8 | 7.4 | |||
| Caregiver-level factors | Age | Under 20 years | 151 | 16.0 | 11.1 | 123 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 159 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 0.184 |
| 20–29 years | 345 | 36.5 | 37.1 | 360 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 413 | 45.3 | 43.6 | |||
| 30–39 years | 299 | 31.6 | 36.0 | 312 | 34.6 | 32.3 | 244 | 26.8 | 26.8 | |||
| 40–49 years | 113 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 87 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 66 | 7.2 | 7.5 | |||
| 50 or more above | 38 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 20 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 30 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |||
| Sex | Male | 230 | 24.3 | 21.7 | 213 | 23.6 | 22.9 | 204 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 0.802 | |
| Female | 716 | 75.7 | 78.3 | 689 | 76.4 | 77.1 | 708 | 77.6 | 76.2 | |||
| Partnership status | Married/partnered | 856 | 90.5 | 93.4 | 821 | 91.0 | 88.0 | 803 | 88.0 | 85.3 | 0.093 | |
| Non-partnered | 90 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 81 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 109 | 12.0 | 14.7 | |||
| Literacy | Yes | 385 | 40.7 | 41.2 | 452 | 50.1 | 48.5 | 454 | 49.8 | 47.0 | 0.497 | |
| No | 561 | 59.3 | 58.8 | 450 | 49.9 | 51.5 | 458 | 50.2 | 53.0 | |||
| Education | None | 558 | 59.0 | 57.3 | 489 | 54.2 | 52.5 | 503 | 55.2 | 53.5 | 0.869 | |
| Informal | 150 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 156 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 171 | 18.8 | 17.7 | |||
| Primary or above | 238 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 257 | 28.5 | 30.9 | 238 | 26.1 | 28.8 | |||
| Occupation | Non-employed | 136 | 14.4 | 13.7 | 133 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 142 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 0.252 | |
| Unemployed | 23 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 66 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 76 | 8.3 | 8.2 | |||
| Agricultural | 705 | 74.5 | 75.9 | 625 | 69.3 | 71.7 | 631 | 69.2 | 68.1 | |||
| Unskilled manual work | 44 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 35 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 24 | 2.6 | 2.1 | |||
| Skilled/Service/professional | 38 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 39 | 4.3 | 5.5 | |||
| Household | Net ownership | Yes | 504 | 53.3 | 51.6 | 632 | 70.1 | 69.8 | 685 | 75.1 | 73.3 | 0.011 |
| No | 442 | 46.7 | 48.4 | 270 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 227 | 24.9 | 26.7 | |||
Bold values indicate that the strength of evidence is significant at p<0.05
#χ2 test for comparison of proportions considering survey design