Is staying overnight in a farming hut a risk factor for malaria infection in a setting with insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Laos?

Table 1 Household characteristics.

		March (n = 127)			August (n = 128)
		n	%	95% CI^a	n	%	95% CI^a
Mean number of household members (SD)		7.0	(4.1)	6.3, 7.8	7.2	(4.3)	6.4, 7.9
House type
	Bamboo	36	28.3	13.6, 43.0	28	21.9	6.6, 37.2
	Wood	90	70.9	61.5, 80.3	99	77.3	69.0, 85.6
	Cement	1	0.8	-16.7, 18.3	1	0.8	-16.7, 18.3
Educational attainment of household head
	No	21	16.5	0.6, 32.4	17	13.3	-2.8, 29.4
	Primary	85	66.9	56.9, 76.9	90	70.3	60.9, 79.7
	Secondary or above	21	16.5	0.6, 32.4	21	16.4	0.6, 32.2
Farm type
	Paddy	47	37.0	23.2, 50.8	56	43.8	30.8, 56.8
	Slash	32	25.2	10.2, 40.2	36	28.1	13.4, 42.8
	Paddy and slash	48	37.8	24.1, 51.5	36	28.1	13.4, 42.8
Household assets
	None	45	35.4	21.4, 49.4	49	38.3	24.6, 51.8
	Radio and/or bicycle	48	37.8	24.1, 51.5	44	34.4	20.4, 48.4
	Motorbike and/or car	34	26.8	11.9, 41.7	35	27.3	12.5, 42.1

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