Characteristic | Sub-categories | Frequency(n) | Percentage (%) |
Age-group | 0 - 4 | 120 | 29.4 |
5 - 10 | 69 | 16.9 | |
11 - 17 | 34 | 8.3 | |
18 - 27 | 74 | 18.1 | |
28 - 37 | 53 | 12.9 | |
38 - 47 | 22 | 5.4 | |
48 - 57 | 12 | 2.9 | |
58 - 67 | 20 | 4.9 | |
68 - 77 | 4 | 0.9 | |
Age (years) mean (SD) | 3.3 (2.1) | ||
Sex | Male | 156 | 38.2 |
Female | 252 | 61.8 | |
Education level^ | None | 100 | 34.7 |
Primary | 108 | 37.5 | |
Secondary | 64 | 22.2 | |
Post secondary | 16 | 5.6 | |
Marital status® | Single | 116 | 62.7 |
Cohabiting | 21 | 11.4 | |
Married | 38 | 20.5 | |
Widowed | 10 | 5.4 | |
Employment status π | Not employed | 142 | 76.8 |
Employed | 43 | 23.2 | |
Type of residence | Rural | 192 | 47.1 |
Urban | 216 | 52.9 | |
Visitor in this district | Yes | 56 | 13.7 |
No | 352 | 86.3 | |
Utilization of malaria diagnostic tests | Non-utilizers | 49 | 12.0 |
Utilizers | 359 | 88.0 | |
*Utilizers of malaria diagnostic tests | Positive | 134 | 37.3 |
Negative | 225 | 62.7 | |
Receipt of anti-malarial drugs | Did not receive | 167 | 40.9 |
Received | 241 | 59.1 |