Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample populations in Korhogo, northern Côte d’Ivoire and Kaedi southern Mauritania, 2014/2015
Variable | Korhogo | Kaedi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Frequency (%) | P–value | Frequency (%) | P–value |
Participants with complete data | 6693 (73.2) | Â | 9165 (73.4) | Â |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 2801 (41.8) | <  0.001 | 3612 (39.4) | <  0.001 |
 Female | 3892 (58.2) |  | 5553 (60.6) |  |
 Sex ratio (male:female) | 0.72 |  | 0.65 |  |
Age group (year) | ||||
  < 1 | 223 (3.3) | <  0.001 | 436 (4.8) | <  0.001 |
 1–4 | 925 (13.8) |  | 1115 (12.2) |  |
 5–9 | 1201 (18.0) |  | 1908 (20.8) |  |
 10–14 | 962 (14.4) |  | 2201 (24.0) |  |
 15–19 | 710 (10.6) |  | 1997 (21.8) |  |
  ≥ 20 | 2672 (39.9) |  | 1508 (16.5) |  |
Education level | ||||
 Illiterate | 1518 (38.5) | <  0.001 | 3561 (40.3) | <  0.001 |
 Koranic school | 238 (6.0) |  | 1188 (13.4) |  |
 Primary school | 1488 (37.7) |  | 2901 (32.8) |  |
 Secondary school | 628 (15.9) |  | 1070 (12.1) |  |
 Higher academic level | 75 (1.9) |  | 126 (1.4) |  |
Possession of LLINs | ||||
 Yes | 1308 (93.2) | <  0.001 | 1391 (95.7) | <  0.001 |
 No | 95 (6.8) |  | 62 (4.3) |  |
Season | ||||
 Rainy | 3266 (48.8) | <  0.001 | 4748 (51.8) | <  0.001 |
 Dry | 3427 (51.2) |  | 4417 (48.2) |  |