Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Sentinel site	N	Gender%		Age %		Owns bed net%		ITN previous night %
		Male	Female	5–14 yrs >	14yrs	Any	ITN
Blantyre	126	60.3	39.7	43.0	57.0	37.3	29.3	18.4
Chikwawa	305	50.3	49.4	64.2	35.8	30.8	29.9	29.2
Chiradzulu	428	43.5	56.5	50.3	49.7	21.0	17.5	14.7
Mwanza	303	44.6	55.4	43.4	56.4	34.0	25.1	23.8
Phalombe	264	48.9	51.1	49.2	50.8	20.4	18.8	16.2
Thyolo	477	46.8	53.2	46.7	53.3	10.9	9.2	8.2
All	1903	47.5	52.5	49.7	50.3	23.1	19.3	17.4