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Table 1 Participant characteristics at visit 1 (N = 84)

From: The use of GPS data loggers to describe the impact of spatio-temporal movement patterns on malaria control in a high-transmission area of northern Zambia

 

n

%

Demographics

Age < 18

12

14.3

Male

31

36.9

Household visit type

First study visit

40

47.6

Follow-up visit

44

52.4

Household characteristics

Within 3 km of lakeside

49

58.3

Within 30-min walk of health clinica

34

40.5

Reside in different home part of year

31

36.9

Head of household permanently employed

6

7.1

Household uses open water source

37

44.1

Household has dirt floor

81

96.4

Health-related behaviors

Sleeps under bed net

72

85.7

House sprayed with pirimiphos-methyl

16

19.3

Visited health center in past 6 months

47

56.0

Slept away from home in past month

1

1.2

Clinical results

RDT positive

29

34.5

PCR positive

43

51.2

Fever at visit

3

3.6

Report fever in past 2 weeks

23

27.7

Anemic at visit

46

55.4

  1. a2.5 km