Table 2

Descriptive characteristics of the study population in four sites of the Nouna DSA, Burkina Faso, from 01.12.2003 to 30.11.2004



Sites






All (%)
Cissé (%)
Goni (%)
Kodougou (%)
Nouna (%)
*x2 test

N
867
171
240
191
265
-
Household
427
74
125
77
151

Children/household**
2.0
2.3
1.9
2.5
1.8

Gender





p value = 0.420
     Female
455 (52.5)
103 (60.2)
116 (48.3)
98 (51.3)
138 (52.1)

     Male
412 (47.5)
68 (39.8)
124 (51.7)
93 (48.7)
127 (47.9)

Age in months





p value = 0.938
     < 12
80 (9.2)
14 (8.2)
19 (7.9)
15 (7.9)
32 (12.1)

     12–23
200 (23.1)
39 (22.8)
57 (23.8)
43 (22.5)
61 (23.0)

     24–35
202 (23.3)
36 (21.1)
59 (24.6)
43 (22.5)
64 (24.2)

     36–47
211 (24.3)
40 (23.4)
58 (24.2)
50 (26.2)
63 (23.8)

     48+
174 (20.1)
42 (24.6)
47 (19.6)
40 (20.9)
45 (17.0)


*Mantel-Haenszel chi-Square test for a difference across sites, **Average number of children per household

et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:46   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-46

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