Table 1 Areal and individual characteristics for children who had fever, diarrhoea or pneumonia during the two weeks preceding the survey, Malawi DHS 2000.
Variable | Fever† | Diarrhoea | Pneumonia | n = 4778 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Areal characteristics | |||||
Mean number (n) sick per sub-district (range) | 11 (1–60) | 5 (1–26) | 12 (1–63) | 20 (1–88) | |
‡Proportion sick per sub-district (range), % | 50 (0–100) | 21 (0–75) | 53 (0–100) | ||
Individual characteristics | |||||
Age of child | 0–5 months | 47.2 | 16 | 57.1 | 616 |
6–11 months | 66.5 | 39.7 | 59.7 | 668 | |
12–23 months | 62.1 | 36.7 | 58.5 | 1068 | |
24–35 months | 54.5 | 16.8 | 54.9 | 930 | |
36–59 months | 42.6 | 9.5 | 52.3 | 1468 | |
Malaria prevalence | Low (0–35%) | 48.3 | 19.4 | 55.5 | 1005 |
Medium (36–60%) | 53.5 | 21.9 | 54.3 | 2940 | |
High (>60%) | 57.4 | 25.6 | 61.5 | 933 | |
Bednet ownership | No | 53.9 | 22.7 | 57.3 | 3998 |
Yes | 49.5 | 19.0 | 49.4 | 780 | |
Vitamin A supplement | No | 48.7 | 20.1 | 54.0 | 1656 |
Yes | 55.5 | 23.2 | 57.0 | 3122 | |
Residence | Urban | 47.2 | 18.6 | 46.5 | 779 |
Rural | 54.3 | 22.8 | 57.8 | 3999 | |
Crowded household | No | 53.7 | 21.6 | 56.3 | 1480 |
Yes | 52.9 | 22.3 | 55.8 | 3298 | |
Weight-for-Age (Z scores) | Mean | -0.06 | -0.19 | -0.008 | |
St.dev | 0.98 | 0.91 | 1.01 |