Table 2.
Population characteristics of selected samples.
| Covariate | Gowrie/Vea (dam site) (n = 135) (%) |
Soe (nondam site) (n = 153) (%) |
Total (n = 288) (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | |||||
| Dry | 69 (51.1) | 65 (42.5) | 134 (46.5) | ||
| Wet | 66 (48.9) | 88 (57.5) | 154 (53.5) | 0.18∗ | |
| Mean age (sd) | 17.8 (13.3) | 16.9 (15.1) | 17.3 (14.3) | 0.61# | |
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| Bednet | |||||
| No | 46 (34.1) | 28 (18.3) | 74 (25.7) | ||
| Yes | 89 (65.9) | 125 (81.7) | 214 (74.3) | 0.003∗ | |
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| Sex | |||||
| F | 67 (49.6) | 89 (58.2) | 156 (54.2) | ||
| M | 68 (50.4) | 64 (41.8) | 132 (45.8) | 0.18∗ | |
#Differences in mean age between communities were determined using Student's t-test. ∗Proportional differences between communities for season, sex, and bednet usage were determined using Chi-square test. (%) Numbers in brackets are percentages.