Rural households at risk of malaria did not own sufficient insecticide treated nets at Dabat HDSS site: evidence from a cross sectional re-census

Table 2 Household socio-demographic characteristics at malarious areas of Dabat HDSS site, northwest Ethiopia, Oct. to Dec. 2014

Variables	Frequency	Percent
HH access to source information
No	2063	82.7
Yes	432	17.3
Sex of HH head
Female	486	19.5
Male	2009	80.5
Educational level in HH
Un educated	866	34.7
Primary	1391	55.81
Secondary and above	238	9.5
HH size
1–4	1034	41.4
5+	1461	58.6
HH head Age in years
14–32	625	25.1
33–44	658	26.4
45–56	630	25.3
57–96	581	23.3
HH head marital status
Cohabit^a	1950	78.2
Not cohabit^b	544	21.8
Wealth status
Low income	346	14.9
Middle income	913	39.3
Better income	1063	45.8
Place of residence
Rural	2493	99.9
Urban	2	0.1
Farming main occupation of head
Yes	2112	84.6
No^c	383	15.4

^aMarried or living together
^bSingle, divorced, separated or widowed
^cstudent, Employee, shepherd, house worker; Private, merchant, unemployed, retired, disabled, housewife

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