Table 2.

Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of study participants by community.

Characteristics		Gamitanacocha (GAM)		Libertad (LIB)		Primero de Enero (PRI)		Urco Miraño (URC)		Total
		N = 92		N = 299		N = 100		N = 331		N = 822
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
	Male	43	46.7	159	53.2	55	55.0	174	52.6	431	52.4
Age (years)
	<5	18	19.6	56	18.7	16	16.0	56	16.9	146	17.8
	5–14	23	25.0	72	24.1	34	34.0	113	34.1	242	29.4
	15–39	32	34.8	101	33.8	32	32.0	82	24.8	247	30.1
	≥40	19	20.7	70	23.4	18	18.0	80	24.2	187	22.8
Education (≥18 years) * n = 391
	None	3	6.7	24	15.8	5	10.6	20	14.7	52	13.7
	Primary school	33	73.3	102	67.1	33	70.2	70	51.5	238	62.6
	Secondary school or higher	9	20.0	26	17.1	9	19.2	46	33.8	90	23.7
	Missing			8				3		11
Main occupation (≥15 years) *
	None or others	10	19.6	49	28.7	11	22.0	60	37.0	130	30.0
	Farmer	41	80.4	122	71.4	39	78.0	102	63.0	304	70.1
Malaria episodes (previous 12 months)
	0	65	71.4	229	76.9	80	80.0	259	78.3	633	77.2
	≥1	26	28.6	69	23.2	20	20.0	72	21.8	187	22.8
	Missing	1		1						2
Travel (previous month) *
	No	80	87.0	269	90.0	81	81.0	306	92.5	736	89.5
	Yes	12	13.0	30	10.0	19	19.0	25	7.6	86	10.5
Housing structure (number of walls) *
	0	10	11.0	42	14.2	16	16.0	44	13.3	112	13.7
	1–3	53	58.2	207	70.2	79	79.0	188	56.8	527	64.5
	4	28	30.8	46	15.6	5	5.0	99	29.9	178	21.8
	Missing	1		4						5
Indoor residual spraying (previous 12 months) *
	No	14	15.4	28	9.49	10	10.0	1	0.31	53	6.5
	Yes	77	84.6	267	90.5	90	90.0	325	99.7	759	93.5
	Missing	1		4				5		10
Electricity available *
	No	67	73.6	215	72.9	69	69.0	62	18.7	413	50.6
	Yes	24	26.4	80	27.1	31	31.0	269	81.3	404	49.5
	Missing	1		4						5

* p < 0.05.