Table 1. Description of variables.
| Pre-intervention | Post- intervention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable description | Control group | Intervention group | Pre-intervention Total | Control group | Intervention group | Post intervention Total |
| Total | 1,120 | 1,157 | 2,277 | 730 | 903 | 1,633 |
| Fever | 676 (60.4%) | 613 (53.0%) | 1,289 (56.6%) | 327 (44.9%) | 366 (40.6%) | 693 (42.5%) |
| No Fever (base case) | 444 (39.6%) | 544 (47.0%) | 988 (43.4%) | 402 (55.1%) | 536 (59.4%) | 938 (57.5%) |
| Bed net in household | 815 (72.8%) | 849 (73.4%) | 1,664 (73.1%) | 554 (75.9%) | 869 (96.2%) | 1,423 (87.1%) |
| No bed net (base case) | 305 (27.2%) | 308 (26.6%) | 613 (26.9%) | 176 (24.1%) | 34 (3.8%) | 210 (12.9%) |
| Mean age of caregiver (inyears) | 27.0 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 28.2 | 27.5 |
| Socioeconomic Status: | ||||||
| Low (base case) | 337 (30.1%) | 324 (28.0%) | 661 (29.0%) | 367 (50.3%) | 371 (41.1%) | 738 (45.2%) |
| Middle | 230 (20.5%) | 256 (22.1%) | 486 (21.3%) | 100 (13.7%) | 117 (13.0%) | 217 (13.3%) |
| High | 553 (49.4%) | 577 (49.9%) | 1,130 (49.6%) | 263 (36.0%) | 415 (46.0%) | 678 (41.5%) |
| Caregiver educational level: | ||||||
| None (base case) | 1,001(89.4%) | 796 (68.8%) | 1,797 (78.9%) | 649 (88.9%) | 569 (63.0%) | 1,218(74.6%) |
| Primary | 75 (6.7%) | 255 (22.0%) | 330 (14.5%) | 6 (9.0%)6 | 237 (26.2%) | 303 (18.6%) |
| Secondary | 41 (3.7%) | 93 (8.0%) | 13 (5.9%)4 | 15 (2.1%) | 89 (9.9%) | 104 (6.4%) |
| Higher | 3 (0.3%) | 13 (1.1%) | 16 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (0.9%) | 8 (0.5%) |
| Mean age child (in years) | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |