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. 2013 Feb 20;13:157. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-157

Table 1.

Characteristics of households and children, baseline community case management survey (CCM) in 4 districts in Sierra Leone 2010

 
Districts that will receive CCM
Districts that will not receive CCM
Total
 
N= 3152
N=2799
N = 5951
Variable Weighted% 95% C.L. Weighted% 95% C.L. Weighted% 95% C.L.
Polygamous household
38.5
33.8-.66.2
25.4
18.2-32.7
31.3
26.9-35.7
Religion of head of household
 Islam
94.9
92.9-96.9
77.9
72.0-83.8
85.6
82.1-89.0
 Christian
4.9
2.9-6.9
21.9
16.1-27.8
14.2
10.8-17.7
 Other
0.2
00--0.6
0.2
0-0.3
0.2
0.0-0.4
Tribe of household:
Mende
43,4
31.7-55.0
29.9
19.1-40.8
36.0
27.9-44.1
Temne
33.7
23.9-43.5
54.8
42.8-66.9
45.3
36.9-53.7
Susa
12.1
6.1-18.1
0.1
0.0-.0.2
5.5
2.6-8.4
Limba
8.1
3.5-12.7
4.4
0.7-8.1
6.0
3.1-8.9
Kissi
0.0
3.5-12.7
5.6
2.4-8.7
3.1
1.4-4.8
Koranko
0.0
0.0-0.0
3.9
0.0-7.9
2.1
0.0-4.3
Other
3.6
0.0-0.1 0.9-4.5
1.3
0.5-2.1
2.0
0.3-2.9
Selected assets of household:
Radio
43.6
38.1-49.2
35.2
30.9-39.4
38.9
35.5-42.5
Mobile phone
30.6
26.7-34.4
23.3
18.9-27.7
26.6
23.6-29.6
No sanitation
33.3
26.7-38.8
38.7
31.9-45.4
36.3
31.5-41.1
Unprotected water
53.4
44.6-62.2
61.5
41.6-61.6
57.9
51.4-64.4
Dirt floor
78.2
74.0-82.3
80.6
76.9-84.4
79.5
76.8-82.3
Electricity
1.7
0.7-2.8
0.3
0.1-0.5
0.9
0.4-1.5
Wood cooking
98.7
97.6-99.7
98.9
97.8-100
98.8
98.0--99.6
Atleast one women in household went to school
26.7
39.1-49.8
25.8
21.8-29.8
26.5
39.1-49.8
Proportion of Households in poorest Wealth Quintile:
18.7
14.1-23.3
24.8
20.1-29.4
22.0
18.7-25.4
Household distance to nearest health facility:
< 5 Km
77.5
67.1-87.9
59.2
46.5-71.9
67.4
58.6-76.3
> 5 Km
20.6
11.1-30.0
25.0
12.4-37.6
23.0
14.8-31.2
unknown
2.0
0.4-3.5
15.8
6.4-25.1
9.6
4.2-14.9
Male gender of child
50.0
47.5-52.4
48.9
46.8-51.0
49.4
47.8-51.0
If child is infant
24.8
22.1-27.6
24.7
23.0-26.6
24.8
23.2-26.4
2 week prevalence::
Diarrhoea
26.5
23.2-29.7
24.9
21.4–28.5
25.6
23.2-28.0
Fever
67.1
62.8-71.4
65.5
62.1-68.9
66.3
63.6-69.0
Possible pneumonia 16.9 12.2-21.6 22.0 19.4-24.7 19.7 17.2-22.2