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Table 1 Characteristics of the study children and their sleeping spaces

From: Risk factors associated with house entry of malaria vectors in an area of Burkina Faso with high, persistent malaria transmission and high insecticide resistance

Characteristic

 

Number (%) N = 252

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Ethnicity

Gouin

98 (38.9%)

Karaboro

55 (21.8%)

Mossi

29 (11.5%)

Turka

23 (9.1%)

Fulani

16 (6.3%)

Senoufo

11 (4.4%)

Others

20 (7.9%)

 Caregivers education level

Illiterate

199 (79.0%)

Primary school

45 (17.9%)

Secondary school or above

8 (3.2%)

 Caregivers occupation

Farmer

240 (95.2%)

Non-farmer

12 (4.8%)

 Number of people

sleeping in the same part of the house as the study child (including child)

 ≤ 6

55 (21.8%)

7–12

118 (46.8%)

 > 12

79 (31.3%)

Use of personal protective measures

 Reported ITN use

Used ITN usually

215 (85.3%)

Used an ITN the previous night

203 (80.6%)

 Use of other personal protection methods

Coils

40 (15.9%)

Insecticide spray

16 (6.4%)

Traditional spatial repellent

2 (0.8%)

None

184 (73.0%)

Construction of child’s sleeping space

 Roof material

Non-metal (Thatch/mud)

52 (20.6%)

Metal

191 (75.8%)

 Wall material

Mud

65 (25.8%)

Brick

146 (57.9%)

Cement blocks (plastered or painted)

32 (12.7%)

 Floor material

Mud

65 (25.8%)

Cement/tile

178 (70.6%)

 Eave status

Open

138 (54.8%)

Closed

102 (40.5%)

 Window screening

Absent

242 (96.0%)

Present

1 (0.4%)

Environmental factors

 Presence of large domestic animals within 5 m of the sleeping space

Present

169 (67.1%)

Absent

80 (31.7%)

 Proximity of sleeping space to anopheline positive larval habitats

 < 300 m

127 (50.4%)

 ≥ 300 m

125 (49.6%)