Table 2.

Environmental characteristics of respondents’ homes by sector

	Total	City	Construction sites	Village	Slums
	(N = 119) %	(N = 30) %	(N = 30) %	(N = 29) %	(N = 30) %
Type of house
Permanent construction	66	100	10	66	90
Temporary construction	34	0	90	34	10
Walls of the house
Wood	10	0	27	3	7
Concrete	66	100	20	62	87
Tin	12	0	43	0	3
Other	12	0	10	35	3
House has completed walls	60	100	13	48	77
Presence of a water pool near house that can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes	56	33	67	48	77
Type of standing water
Pond	2	0	5	0	0
Pool of water	18	20	5	36	9
Puddle	13	0	15	29	0
Canal	7	0	20	0	0
Open drains	36	0	15	0	74
Did not mention	21	27	27	17	13
None	43	67	33	52	23
Have mosquito screens at home	7	0	3	7	17
Construction projects common near home in last year	22	10	60	7	10
Last time the area was fogged by city officials
Do not remember/Never	15	3	7	45	7
1 week	16	13	33	0	17
1-2 weeks	24	23	10	14	47
2-4 weeks	26	47	27	10	20
4-8 weeks	7	3	17	3	3
>8 weeks	13	10	7	18	7