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. 2022 Oct 19;21:293. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04302-7

Table 1.

Characteristics of households and residents

Characteristic Category Findings n (%)
Household characteristics (N = 634)
Gender of household head Male 433 (68.3)
Female 201 (31.7)
Age of the household head median (range) 40 (18–95)
18–39 years 303 (47.8)
40–49 years 131 (20.7)
50–85 years 200 (31.6)
Number of household residents median (range) 5 (1–14)
1–4 264 (41.6)
5–6 217 (34.2)
7–14 153 (24.1)
At least one resident < 5 years of age, n (%) 431 (68.0)
Distance to nearest health facility (km) median (range) 1 (< 1–8)
 < 1 km 276 (43.5)
1- < 2 km 175 (27.6)
2 or more km 183 (28.9)
House type, n (%) Traditional 461 (72.7)
Modern 173 (27.3)
Socioeconomic index in terciles, n (%) Poorest 212 (33.4)
Poor 214 (33.8)
Least poor 208 (32.8)
Characteristics of household residents (N = 3342)
 Gender Male 1584 (47.4)
Female 1758 (52.6)
 Age in years  < 5 years 593 (17.7)
5–15 years 1182 (35.4)
 > 15 years 1567 (46.9)
 Relationship to head of household Head of household 634 (19.0)
1st degree 2220 (66.4)
2nd degree/unrelated 478 (14.6)