Table 1.
Baseline demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the study participants by study arm
|
Baseline characteristics |
Study arm |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Repellent and LLINs | LLINs alone | ||
| Number of households enrolled, n (%) |
615 (49.8) |
620 (50.2) |
1235 (100) |
| Total household members enrolled, n (%) |
3088 (50.6) |
3004 (49.4) |
6082 (100) |
| Average (SD) household size |
5.0 (2.0) |
4.8 (1.9) |
4.9 (2.0) |
| Mean (SD) age (years) |
19.0 (14.6) |
19.6 (15.4) |
19.3 (15.0) |
| Female (%) |
49.5 |
50.7 |
50.1 |
| Children <5 years (%) |
15.4 |
15.5 |
15.5 |
| Pregnant women (%) |
1.42 |
1.30 |
1.4 |
| Households with: |
|
|
|
| Corrugated iron roof (%) |
4.4 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
| Pipe water supply (%) |
38.5 |
25.8 |
32.1 |
| Pit latrine (%) |
74.0 |
84.4 |
79.2 |
| At least one ox (%) |
70.3 |
67.9 |
69.3 |
| Bicycle (%) |
15.4 |
12.9 |
14.2 |
| At least one LLIN (%) |
56.6 |
65.6 |
61.1 |
| Two or more LLIN (%) |
14.8 |
35.8 |
25.3 |
| People slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) |
41.2 |
58.9 |
50.5 |
| Children <5 years slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) |
55.7 |
75.7 |
66.6 |
| Pregnant women slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) | 40.0 | 71.4 | 60.0 |
LLIN = Long-lasting insecticidal net, SD = Standard deviation.