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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for international travel from Mali, Burkina Faso and Zambia

From: Key traveller groups of relevance to spatial malaria transmission: a survey of movement patterns in four sub-Saharan African countries

 

Mali

Burkina Faso

Zambia

 

N

% (CI)

N

% (CI)

N

% (CI)

Total

110

 

76

 

84

 

Gender

 Female

41

37 (28–47)

25

33 (23–45)

34

40 (30–52)

 Male

69

63 (53–72)

51

67 (55–77)

50

60 (48–70)

Age

 16–29

47

43 (33–53)

31

41 (30–53)

30

36 (26–47)

 30–45

38

35 (26–44)

41

54 (42–65)

34

41 (30–52)

 >45

25

23 (15–32)

4

5 (1–13)

19

23 (14–33)

 Mean trip duration (range)

 

64.0 (1–350)

 

62.8 (1–365)

 

11.0 (1–90)

Purpose

 Work

47

43 (33–53)

49

64 (53–75)

43

51 (40–62)

 Family

46

42 (32–52)

24

32 (21–43)

29

35 (24–46)

 Other

15

14 (8–21)

2

2.6 (0.3–9.2)

11

13 (7–22)

Own bed net

 Yes

N/A

N/A

51

67 (55–77)

61

73 (62–82)

 No

N/A

N/A

25

33 (23–45)

23

27 (18–38)

Use bed net on trip

 Always

N/A

N/A

30

39 (28–51)

19

23 (14–33)

 Sometimes

N/A

N/A

0

0 (0.0–4.7)

3

3.6 (0.7–10.1)

 Never

N/A

N/A

44

58 (46–69)

61

73 (62–82)

Own mobile phone

 Yes

80

73 (63–81)

69

91 (82–96)

70

83 (74–91)

 No

30

27 (19–37)

6

8 (3–16)

12

14 (8–24)

  1. The number of individuals (N) and percentage of the sample (exact binomial 95 % confidence interval), or mean (range) are shown. All interviewees did not answer all questions, hence there are some missing values