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. 2014 May 9;9(5):e95607. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095607

Table 3. Description of household survey sample at baseline and endline.

Baseline Endline
Description of households (HHs):
HHs mapped 31,600 39,864
HHs selected 6,177 6,051
HHs that participated 5,423 5,511
Description of household members: Age group Age group
<5 ≥5 Total <5 ≥5 Total
HH members registered 26,924 25,407
HH members interviewed 4,143 16,731 20,874 4,063 16,034 20,102
Percentage interviewed who were male 49.1 41.3 42.9 49.6 41.5 43.2
HH members with study mRDT results* 3,986 15,940 19,926 3,732 14,384 18,116
Percentage parasite positive by study mRDT 15.9 17.8 17.5 11.7 12.1 12.0
Socio-demographic characteristics of households:
Occupation of household head: % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Agriculture 82.1 (77.9–85.7) 82.6 (79.1–85.6)
Unskilled manual labour 4.4 (3.2–6.0) 3.7 (2.9–4.8)
Skilled manual labour 2.9 (2.1–3.9) 2.2 (1.7–2.8)
Domestic service 1.7 (1.0–2.8) 1.4 (1.0–2.0)
Sales and services 5.7 (4.3–7.8) 5.9 (4.4–7.8)
Clerical 0.2 (0.0–0.6) 0.0 (0.0–0.3)
Professional/technical/managerial 3.0 (0.2–3.8) 4.2 (3.1–5.7)
Education status of household head:
None 26.0 (23.9–28.2) 28.5 (26.4–30.7)
Primary Incomplete 15.8 (14.5–17.2) 15.4 (13.9–16.9)
Completed Primary 51.9 (49.7–54.1) 50.0 (48.0–52.1)
Completed 4 years of secondary or higher 6.3 (4.9–8.0) 6.1 (4.8–7.7)

*Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test results not obtained due to people not consenting to the test, leaving before the test was conducted or unreadable results.

Source: Household surveys in 2010 and 2012.