Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population.

	Site A		Site B		Site C		Total
	(AG, AB, PC)		(SC, BP, EM)		(ET, SL)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	N	%
Total surveyed	238	36.6	153	23.5	260	39.9	651	100.0
Gender
Female	137	57.6	77	50.3	134	51.5	348	53.5
Age groups (years)
< 7	109	45.8	74	48.4	121	46.5	304	46.7
7–14.9	42	17.6	19	12.4	40	15.4	101	15.5
15–30	47	19.7	17	11.1	44	16.9	108	16.6
> 30	40	16.8	43	28.1	55	21.2	138	21.2
Education (> = 18 years, n = 218) *
None	0	0.0	2	3.6	3	3.5	5	2.3
Primary	23	29.5	28	50.9	55	64.7	106	48.6
Incomplete secondary	29	37.2	11	20.0	18	21.2	58	26.6
Complete secondary/+	26	33.3	14	25.5	9	10.6	49	22.5
Occupation (≥15 years, n = 246) *
None (students, retired)	12	14.1	7	11.7	12	11.9	31	12.6
Housewife	46	54.1	23	38.3	41	40.6	110	44.7
Laborer/trader/mototaxi driver	22	25.8	3	5.0	2	2.0	27	11.0
Farmer/guard/logger/fisher	5	5.9	27	45.0	46	45.5	78	31.7
Predominant material in roof *
Palm leaf, straw	56	22.8	88	56.0	197	79.9	341	51.5
Tin roof	182	77.2	65	44.0	56	20.1	303	48.5
Missing					7		7
Electricity availability *
Yes	225	96.0	91	65.3	113	47.6	429	65.9
Sleeping under bednet the previous night
Yes	227	96.7	149	99.7	259	100.0	635	98.8
Missing	4		3		1		8
Self-report of confirmed malaria episode *
Never	182	65.0	74	31.3	135	42.7	391	60.4
In the past 12 months	7	3.8	25	19.1	66	29.5	98	15.1
>12 months	48	31.1	54	49.6	56	27.8	158	24.4
Missing	1				3		4

* p-value <0.05 for differences between sites