Table 1.

Background socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants

Attributes	Category	Control district (N = 708)		Intervention district (N = 731)
		n  (%)	(95%CI)	n (%)	(95%CI)
Sex	Male	385 (0.54)	(0.49, 0.59	393 (0.54)	0.49, 0.59
	Female	323 (0.46)	0.41, 0.51	338 (0.46)	0.41, 0.51
Birth order	First	156 (0.22)	0.15, 0.29	202 (27.6)	0.24, 0.36
	Second	204 (0.28)	0.22, 0.34	181 (24.8)	0.19, 0.31
	Third	146 (0.21)	0.14, 0.28	144 (19.7)	0.13, 0.27
	Four or more	202 (0.30)	0.24, 0.36	204 (0.28)	0.22, 0.34
Age groups	3–6 months	61 (0.09)	0.07, 0.11	38 (0.05)	0.04, 0.07
	6–12 months	106 (0.15)	0.12, 0.18	60 (0.08)	0.06, 0.10
	13–24 months	154 (0.22)	0.19, 0.25	155 (0.20)	0.17, 0.23
	25–59 months	387 (0.55)	0.51, 0.59	478 (0.65)	0.61, 0.68
Educational status of care giver	None	649 (0.92)	0.90, 0.94	478 (0.65)	0.61, 0.68
	Primary	34 (0.05)	0.03, 0.07	196 (0.27)	0.24, 0.30
	Secondary	17 (0.02)	0.01, 0.03	39 (0.05)	0.04, 0.07
	Tertiary	8 (0.01)	0.01. 0.02	18 (0.02)	0.01, 0.03
Temp. ≥ 37.5 °C	Yes	10 (0.014)	0.004, 0.020	30 (0.04)	0.03, 0.06
Anti-malarial use in ≤ 2 weeks	Yes	3 (0.004)	0.009, 0.012	26 (0.04)	0.03, 0.06
IRS	Yes	651 (0.92)	0.90, 0.94	720 (0.98)	0.97, 0.99
ITN Use	Yes	493 (0.70)	0.67, 0.73	727 (0.99)	0.98, 1.00
Fever ≤ 2 weeks	Yes	27 (0.04)	0.03, 0.06	40 (0.06)	0.04, 0.08