Table 1 Baseline demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the study participants by study arm
Baseline characteristics | Study arm | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Repellent and LLINs | LLINs alone | ||
Number of households enrolled, n (%) | 615 (49.8) | 620 (50.2) | 1235 (100) |
Total household members enrolled, n (%) | 3088 (50.6) | 3004 (49.4) | 6082 (100) |
Average (SD) household size | 5.0 (2.0) | 4.8 (1.9) | 4.9 (2.0) |
Mean (SD) age (years) | 19.0 (14.6) | 19.6 (15.4) | 19.3 (15.0) |
Female (%) | 49.5 | 50.7 | 50.1 |
Children <5 years (%) | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
Pregnant women (%) | 1.42 | 1.30 | 1.4 |
Households with: | |||
Corrugated iron roof (%) | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Pipe water supply (%) | 38.5 | 25.8 | 32.1 |
Pit latrine (%) | 74.0 | 84.4 | 79.2 |
At least one ox (%) | 70.3 | 67.9 | 69.3 |
Bicycle (%) | 15.4 | 12.9 | 14.2 |
At least one LLIN (%) | 56.6 | 65.6 | 61.1 |
Two or more LLIN (%) | 14.8 | 35.8 | 25.3 |
People slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) | 41.2 | 58.9 | 50.5 |
Children <5 years slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) | 55.7 | 75.7 | 66.6 |
Pregnant women slept under an LLIN during the night preceding the survey (%) | 40.0 | 71.4 | 60.0 |