The Role of Community Participation in Planning and Executing Malaria Interventions: Experience from Implementation of Biolarviciding for Malaria Vector Control in Southern Tanzania

Table 2

Community participation across demographic characteristics.

Variable	Community participation
	Low (%)	High (%)
Age group
15-24	38 (82.61)	8 (17.39)
25-54	240 (86.64)	37 (13.36)
55-64	30 (76.92)	9 (23.08)
65+	31 (81.58)	7 (18.42)
Gender
Male	156 (84.42)	29 (14.6)
Female	183 (85.1)	32 (15.90)
Marital status
Married	172 (81.52)	39 (18.48)
Unmarried	167 (88.36)	22 (11.64)
Education level
No formal education	39 (95.12)	2 (4.88)
Primary education	180 (81.81)	40 (18.18)
Secondary and beyond	119 (87.0)	19 (13.0)
Occupation
Peasant	212 (85.14)	36 (14.86)
Formal employed	21 (80.77)	5 (19.23)
Others	107 (84.80)	18 (14.20)
Councils
Lindi MC	71 (71.0)	29 (29.0)
Nachingwea DC	83 (83.0)	17 (17.0)
Mtwara Mc	96 (96)	4 (4.0)
Nanyamba TC	89 (89)	11 (11.0)