Table 1 |
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Characteristics of sampled households, by community (N = 184) |
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| Manhyia (n = 97) |
Moshie Zongo (n = 87) |
p-value1 |
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| Caregiver education ≥ middle school, n (%) |
75 (77.3%) |
28 (32.2%) |
< 0.001*** |
| Ethnicity Northerner/Immigrant, n (%) |
18 (18.6%) |
65 (74.7%) |
< 0.001*** |
| Socioeconomic score, mean (standard deviation)2 |
2.07 (0.73) |
1.25 (0.70) |
< 0.001*** |
| House without ceiling, n (%) |
5 (5.2%) |
17 (19.5%) |
0.003** |
| Number of people per sleeping room, median (range) |
4 (2,9) |
5 (1,11) |
0.020* |
| Reported use of mosquito repellents/coils/spray, n (%) |
63 (64.9%) |
67 (77.0%) |
0.073 |
| Reported use of bednet, n (%) |
15 (15.5%) |
21 (24.1%) |
0.139 |
| Reported use of housescreens, n (%) |
11 (11.3%) |
4 (4.6%) |
0.095 |
| Metres to nearest health facility, median (range) |
131 (26,345) |
237 (74,436) |
< 0.001*** |
| Metres to nearest government hospital, median (range) |
730 (241,990) |
2344 (1958,2550) |
< 0.001*** |
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1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 2. Calculated with World Bank asset scores for Ghana [12] |
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Ronald et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:105 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-105 |
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