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Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the community-based survey

From: Burden of malaria is higher among children in an internal displacement camp compared to a neighbouring village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

IDPs (Bilobilo) n = 200

Village controls (Mubi) n = 200

P value

Agea (years): median (range)

2.6 (0.1-5)

2.4 (0.7–5)

0.11

Female sexa: n (%)

118 (59 %)

101 (51 %)

0.11

Number of children <5 in the household: median (range)

1 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

0.22

Bed nets: n (%)

Household ownership

68 (34 %)

136 (68 %)

<0.001

Bed net use (index case)a

50 (25 %)

111 (56 %)

<0.001

Maternal education: n (%)

No formal education

4 (2 %)

4 (2 %)

1.00

Primary

129 (65 %)

63 (32 %)

<0.001

Secondary

53 (27 %)

74 (37 %)

0.03

University

14 (7 %)

59 (30 %)

<0.001

House construction: n (%)

Electricity

0

0

–

Brick

0

7 (3.5 %)

0.015

Household assets: n (%)

Bicycle

45 (23 %)

98 (49 %)

<0.001

Motor vehicle

0

0

–

Radio

17 (8.5 %)

51 (25 %)

<0.001

Telephone

15 (7.5 %)

35 (18 %)

0.002

Television

0

0

–

Refrigerator

0

0

–

Chicken

41 (21 %)

112 (56 %)

<0.001

Cow

1 (0.5 %)

3 (1.5 %)

0.62

Goat

5 (2.5 %)

16 (8.0 %)

0.01

Wealth quintile b : n (%)

<0.0001

Poorest

108 (54 %)

42 (21 %)

Second

34 (17 %)

24 (12 %)

Middle

26 (13 %)

27 (14 %)

Fourth

19 (9.5 %)

44 (22 %)

Richest

13 (6.5 %)

63 (32 %)

P. falciparum infection (RDT positive) a: n (%)

35 (17.5 %)

15 (7.5 %)

0.009

  1. aAge, sex, bed net use, and P. falciparum infection refer to the index child; all other measures refer to the family/household
  2. bBased on principal component analysis of household wealth indicators [33]. For four of the eleven indicators, no participant in the village or camp owned the asset (electricity in the house, vehicle, television and refrigerator); these indicators and they did not contribute to the wealth index