Table 2.
Context and comparability of intervention and comparison groups, 2007 survey
| Intervention divisions n/N (%) |
Comparison divisions n/N (%) |
P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household head present | 103,816/110,843 (94%) | 123,973/132,769 (94%) | 0.28 | |
| Household head agreed to participate | 103,062/103,816 (99%) | 122,918/123,973 (99%) | 0.68 | |
| Ethnic group of household head | Makonde | 47,451 (46%) | 76,644 (62%) | 0.15 (Makonde vs others) |
| Mwera | 43,540 (42%) | 26,844 (22%) | ||
| Makuwa | 2,932 (3%) | 8,278 (7%) | ||
| Yao | 3,438 (3%) | 4,922 (4%) | ||
| Other | 5,701 (6%) | 6,230 (5%) | ||
| Socio-economic status quintiles | Poorest | 20,893 (21%) | 21,853 (19%) | 0.39 (t-test on means) |
| Very poor | 17,542 (18%) | 20,698 (18%) | ||
| Poor | 21,923 (22%) | 24,852 (21%) | ||
| Less poor | 19,492 (20%) | 23,816 (20%) | ||
| Least poor | 17,658 (18%) | 25,428 (22%) | ||
| Lives over 5 km from health facility(23% missing in implementation divisions & 28% missing in comparison divisions) | 23,882/85,276 (28%) | 21,563/95,742 (23%) | 0.19 | |
| Net ownership | 67,228 (65%) | 79,705 (65%) | 0.81 | |
| Total population | 375,399 | 443,184 | 0.56 | |
| Maternal education (≥ 1 y vs none) | 66,233/88,747 (75%) | 83,005/106,703 (78%) | 0.88 | |
| Number (%) of women interviewed for birth history | 88,215/97,076 (91%) | 105,652/116,157 (91%) | 0.54 | |
| Used treated net in pregnancy (treated in last 12 months) (for births in last year only) | 4,814/10,270 (47%) | 5,824/11,980 (49%) | 0.35 | |
| ANC attendance (for births in last year) | 10,164/10,266 (99%) | 11,894/11,977 (99%) | 0.10 | |
| Age at interview (for births in last year) | 13-19 years | 20,068 (23%) | 24,993 (23%) | 0.79 (t-test on means) |
| 20-29 years | 27,662 (31%) | 33,463 (31%) | ||
| 30-39 years | 24,252 (27%) | 28,919 (27%) | ||
| 40-49 years | 17,187 (19%) | 19,786 (18%) | ||
| Born at home (for births in past year) | 5,883/10,267 (57%) | 6,741/11,975 (56%) | 0.36 | |
| From Coverage and Malaria substudy: | ||||
| Child aged 0-5 m is exclusively breastfed | 13/223 (6%) | 29/271 (11%) | 0.19 | |
| Child 0-23 m sleeps under a mosquito net | 697/1,311 (53%) | 988/1,653 (60%) | 0.38 | |
| Child 0-23 m sleeps under treated mosquito net | 329/1,307 (25%) | 520/1,646 (32%) | 0.13 | |
| Sought care for sick baby from 'western' provider | 234/634 (37%) | 342/798 (43%) | 0.04 | |
# P-values are from t-test to compare mean proportions in 12 intervention & 12 comparison divisions unless marked otherwise