Table 1. AIC support of the 10 best models predicting transient house infestation.

Model rank	Variables included in modela	AIC	ΔAIC	WAIC
1	‘1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9’	226.5	0	0.20
2	‘1 2 3 4 5 7 9’	227.4	0.9	0.12
3	‘1 2 3 4 7 8 9’	228.5	2.0	0.07
4	‘1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9’	228.9	2.4	0.06
5	‘1 2 3 4 5 7 8’	229.2	2.7	0.05
6	‘1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9’	229.8	3.3	0.04
7	‘1 2 3 4 5 7’	229.8	3.3	0.04
8	‘1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9’	230.1	3.6	0.03
9	‘1 2 3 4 7 9’	230.6	4.1	0.02
10	‘1 2 3 4 7 8’	231.0	4.5	0.02

^aVariables are coded as follows: 1) Number of dogs, 2) Presence of chickens in coops, 3) Distance to periphery of village, 4) Cleaning trash from peridomicile, 5) Presence of rock piles away from the house, 6) Presence of pet perching birds, 7) Storage of firewood inside the house, 8) Complete plastering of walls, 9) Distance to public street lights. Bold fonts indicate the complete model with all 9 variables.