Table 2.

Distribution of houses (percentage) by construction characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics, and country

	El Salvador	Guatemala	Honduras
Predominant house wall material
Adobe	51.38	25.63	91.02
Bajareque–palopique	6.50	69.61	6.73
Others (red brick, block, wood, or aluminum sheet)	42.12	4.76	2.24
Predominant condition of bedroom wall plastering
Not deteriorated	45.00	16.25	19.45
Deteriorated	55.00	83.75	80.54
Predominant condition of house wall plastering
Not deteriorated	42.75	14.50	17.46
Deteriorated	57.25	85.50	82.54
Roof type
Aluminum sheet or cement	27.62	89.68	49.13
Clay tiles, plant materials, or others	72.38	10.32	50.87
Floor type
Dirt	40.75	87.24	71.82
Others	59.25	12.76	28.18
House improvement in the last 2 years
Yes	33.71	29.23	19.19
Type of improvement
Wall plastering	31.46	26.98	23.68
Roof improvement	22.85	22.62	35.53
Floor improvement	9.36	5.16	9.21
New room	27.34	34.92	15.79
Others	8.99	10.32	15.79
House ownership
Owns	77.42	96.75	97.74
Rents	6.90	0.23	1.50
Borrows	15.68	3.02	0.75
Farm land accessibility
Yes, owns	33.75	52.67	79.55
Yes, rents	47.12	20.42	12.98
No	17.88	26.33	7.48
Other	1.25	0.58	0.00
Main economic activity of head of household
Agricultural worker	8.66	68.41	18.20
Self-used farmer	73.40	25.67	74.06
Self-used (non-farming)	5.52	1.74	0.25
Worker (non-farming)	2.63	1.39	1.50
Other	9.79	2.79	5.99
Other income (most common answers only)
Chickens	72.37	8.14	45.86
Coffee (picking, greenhouses)	0.00	27.44	4.76
Pigs	1.75	1.74	0.00
Cattle and products	14.47	0.00	0.00
Highest education level of any householder
None	12.25	22.97	18.70
Elementary	32.75	66.01	71.07
Secondary	35.75	7.66	6.73
High School or higher	19.25	3.36	3.50
Knowledge of Chagas disease vectors
Identified Triatoma dimidiata and feces	1.87	8.47	17.21
Identified Triatoma dimidiata but not feces	62.75	57.89	70.32
Doesn't identify	35.38	33.64	12.47