Table 2.

Environmental Charactersitics and Malaria Prevention Measures Used Among Study Participants in East Hararghe Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020

Variable	Category	Cases	Controls	%
Access to information (through radio/TV)	Yes	264	123	76.8
	No	71	43	22.8
Number of rooms	One	76	34	21.8
	Two and above	260	134	78.2
Main materials of rooms made of	Cement	90	37	22.8
	Sand	246	131	77.2
Presence of opening on wall/window	Yes	149	127	54.8
	No	187	41	45.2
Main source of drinking water for the household members	Hand pump	260	119	75.2
	Spring	76	49	24.8
Availability of toilet per house hold	Yes	279	133	81.7
	No	56	35	18.3
Liquid waste available within or outside of compound	Yes	214	143	73.3
	No	105	25	26.7
Stagnant water around the house	Yes	90	76	32.9
	No	246	92	67.1
IRS used in the interior wall of home in the last six months	Yes	189	46	46.6
	No	147	122	53.4
Painted/covered the sprayed interior wall	Yes	17	11	11.5
	No	177	39	88.5
LLITN used last night	Yes	274	100	74.2
	No	62	68	25.8