Rapid Increase in Ownership and Use of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets and Decrease in Prevalence of Malaria in Three Regional States of Ethiopia (2006-2007)
Table 1
Characteristics of study households and participants in malarious areas of three regional states.
Regional states
Baseline 2006
MIS 2007 subsample
Amhara
Oromia
SNNP
Total
Amhara
Oromia
SNNP
Total
Number of clusters sampled
160
32
32
244
65
26
14
105
Household characteristics
Number of households
4,101
809
798
5,708
1,553
651
346
2,550
Proportion sprayed with insecticide in the last year (%)
14.8
18.6
18.3
15.5
25.2
11.0
12.0
16.9
Mean household size (people)
4.7
5.4
5.6
4.9
4.3
5.0
4.4
4.6
Household wealth index (quintiles)
Poorest (%)
19.4
16.8
9.1
18.4
19.2
20.3
13.7
18.3
Second (%)
20.4
29.7
14.3
21.1
19.1
22.4
20.2
20.5
Third (%)
19.3
20.6
30.0
20.2
20.3
20.5
18.6
20.0
Fourth (%)
21.2
20.4
21.3
21.1
21.9
19.1
36.2
24.4
Richest (%)
19.7
12.5
25.3
19.2
19.5
17.8
11.4
16.8
All survey participants characteristics
Number of all participants
19,059
4,428
4,397
27,884
6,551
2,798
1,484
10,833
Proportion of males (%)
48.7
49.3
50.1
49.0
50.8
49.7
48.1
49.8
Age structure
5 yrs (%)
15.4
18.7
14.3
15.7
15.3
18.9
16.2
16.9
5–14 yrs (%)
30.2
32.1
34.6
31.2
28.7
31.5
32.3
30.6
15–49 yrs (%)
44.0
41.2
44.1
43.6
46.3
41.0
44.1
43.8
50 yrs (%)
10.4
7.9
7.0
9.5
9.7
8.7
7.3
8.8
Participants tested for malaria
Number blood slides done
7,745
1,996
1,860
11,601
1,997
779
473
3,249
Proportion of males (%)
45.6
46.4
48.3
46.1
54.0
50.1
50.4
51.7
Age structure
5 yrs (%)
16.1
21.9
14.8
16.9
42.6
52.5
43.7
46.3
5–14 yrs (%)
30.8
33.1
36.1
32.0
25.3
25.5
27.6
25.9
15–49 yrs (%)
42.8
38.2
41.7
41.8
25.5
17.7
24.4
22.5
50 yrs (%)
10.3
6.8
7.4
9.2
6.7
4.3
4.3
5.2
SNNP, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples.
