Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the study population by Plasmodium falciparum PCR status
| PCR positive | PCR negative | Total | |
| Unweighted total number* | 5372 | 10 754 | 16 126 |
| Weighted proportion† | 30.3% | 69.7% | |
| Individual level† | |||
| Median age (IQR) | 26 (19–36) | 29 (21–38) | 28 (20–38) |
| Number of females (%) | 2360 (47.6) | 6202 (54.4) | 8562 (52.3) |
| Number of HIV positive (%) | 30 (0.6) | 126 (1.1) | 156 (0.9) |
| Education category (%) | |||
| No school | 515 (10.4) | 1140 (10.0) | 1655 (10.1) |
| Primary school | 1618 (32.6) | 3346 (29.4) | 4964 (30.4) |
| Secondary school | 2662 (53.8) | 6079 (53.4) | 8741 (53.5) |
| Higher than secondary | 156 (3.2) | 826 (7.2) | 982 (6.0) |
| Owns a bed-net (%) | 3615 (72.9) | 8589 (75.3) | 12 204 (74.6) |
| Slept under bed-net previous night (%) | 2462 (49.7) | 6422 (56.3) | 8884 (54.3) |
| Wealth category (%) | |||
| Poorest | 1059 (21.4) | 1840 (16.1) | 2899 (17.7) |
| Poor | 1030 (20.8) | 2014 (17.7) | 3044 (18.6) |
| Middle | 1122 (22.6) | 2124 (18.6) | 3246 (19.8) |
| Rich | 1041 (21.0) | 2249 (19.7) | 3290 (20.1) |
| Richest | 704 (14.2) | 3178 (27.9) | 3882 (23.7) |
| Household level | |||
| Average number of bed-nets per person (SE) | 0.25 (0.007) | 0.27 (0.008) | 0.27 (0.007) |
| Modern housing (%) | 593 (12.0) | 2514 (22.1) | 3107 (19.0) |
| Metal roofing (%) | 1564 (31.6) | 5147 (45.1) | 6711 (41.0) |
| Cluster level† | |||
| Median age (IQR) | 30.0 (28.5–31.3) | 29.7 (28.2–31.0) | 30.0 (28.6–31.6) |
| Urban (%) | 1329 (26.8) | 4297 (37.7) | 5626 (34.4) |
| Median education (IQR) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–2) | 3 (2–3) |
| Median wealth score (IQR) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) |
| Average annual centimetres of precipitation (SE) | 152.2 (1.4) | 149.9 (1.7) | 150.6 (1.4) |
| Average temperature (SE) | 24.7 (0.1) | 23.7 (0.2) | 24.0 (0.2) |
| Vegetation index (SE)‡ | 3934.5 (52.6) | 3660.7 (69.5) | 3734.6 (58.7) |
| % Drug resistance§ | |||
| Any pfdhps | 92.2 (0.7) | 95.1 (0.4) | 94.2 (0.5) |
| pfdhps K540E | 23.5 (1.7) | 32.9 (2.5) | 30.1 (2.1) |
| pfdhps A581G | 1.8 (0.1) | 3.9 (0.4) | 3.2 (0.3) |
| pfcrt K76T | 56.0 (2.3) | 64.8 (1.9) | 62.1 (1.8) |
| % Net ownership (SE) | 73.7 (1.3) | 75.0 (1.5) | 74.6 (1.3) |
| % Net usage (SE) | 52.7 (1.4) | 54.6 (1.6) | 54.0 (1.4) |
| % SP use among pregnant women (SE) | 25.3 (1.3) | 28.0 (1.1) | 27.2 (1.1) |
*These are unweighted raw numbers and do not represent the sum of the subsequent values in the table as subsequent values incorporate sample weights.
†Proportions and numbers with sampling weights applied.
‡Vegetation index ranges from 0 (least vegetation) to 10 000 (most vegetation).33
§Estimates generated using previously published data.14 15
SP, sulfadoxine-pyramethamine.