Table 1. Characteristics of surveyed children aged 3–59 months (mean of cluster summaries from the nine intervention and nine control clusters).
| Characteristic | Baseline | Follow-Up | ||
| Control, % (SD) | Intervention, % (SD) | Control, % (SD) | Intervention, % (SD) | |
| Total children present in interviewed households | 1,381 | 1,368 | 1,305 | 1,357 |
| Percentage of children aged ≥36 months | 40.6 (3.8) | 39.6 (2.1) | 43.1 (4.1) | 42.1 (3.3) |
| Male | 50.5 (3.6) | 53.1 (3.9) | 51.6 (3.4) | 52.1 (2.9) |
| Household heads had completed primary school or above | 54.7 (8.5) | 47.8 (6.9) | 53.2 (9.4) | 47.5 (8.4) |
| Slept under an ITN last night | 49.7 (9.2) | 46.2 (5.6) | 57.1 (7.7) | 57.8 (10.3) |
| Wealth quintilea | ||||
| Quintile 1 (most poor) | 20.6 (8.9) | 21.9 (6.3) | 20.1(8.6) | 23.6 (7.2) |
| Quintile 2 (very poor) | 22.7 (9.3) | 21.3 (7.6) | 22.3 (8.2) | 23.2 (8.8) |
| Quintile 3 (poor) | 18.0 (3.8) | 21.0 (4.5) | 19.0 (5.0) | 20.1 (5.7) |
| Quintile 4 (less poor) | 19.6 (6.8) | 19.8 (7.2) | 18.7 (10.6) | 19.5 (9.7) |
| Quintile 5 (least poor) | 19.1 (6.9) | 16.0 (4.5) | 19.9 (8.7) | 13.3 (4.6) |
| Fever prevalence within the past 2 weeks | 26.0 (8.6) | 30.3 (8.7) | 27.0 (7.4) | 32.4 (10.3) |
a
Wealth quintiles are based on all households interviewed. The percentages represent the number of households with children 3-59 months that fall within each quintile.