Survey characteristics
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Date of survey
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30 April–7 May, 2016
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9 May–17 May, 2016
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Number of households registered
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2682 (219–453)
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3006 (208–644)
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Household participation rate1 (%)
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96.1 (91.4–99.5)
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92.8 (87.9–95.4)
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Number people registered (all households)
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10,944 (926–1821)
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12,307 (935–2542)
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Number people in consenting households (N; %2)
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10,683; 97.6%
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11,813; 96.0%
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Proportion present at time of survey3 (%)
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77.2 (64.9–84.6)
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74.6% (61.8–82.8)
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Household characteristics
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House type
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Temporary (% palm leaf structure)
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7.0 (2.9–11.3)
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4.1 (0.0–11.6)
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Semi-permanent (% mud and sticks/stones/coral)
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24.3 (12.0–50.7)
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26.0 (11.4–40.2)
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Permanent (% brick/stone)
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68.7 (43.4–84.1)
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69.9 (48.2–88.6)
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Households in proximity to breeding site4 (%)
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6.8 (1.7–13.6)
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5.8 (0.4–18.4)
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Head of households worried about malaria5 (%)
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54.0 (44.5–60.3)
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59.2 (49.8–69.4)
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Participant characteristics
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Median age [interquartile range]
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19 [8–35]
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19 [8–35]
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Permanent resident of household (%)
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98.1 (96.8–98.7)
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98.3 (97.6–99.7)
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Percent female (%)
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51.5 (49.5–54.2)
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51.7 (49.8–55.3)
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Main occupation6
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Farming (%)
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37.7 (10.7–54.5)
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42.1 (15.4–60.6)
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Fishing (%)
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12.3 (0.5–33.2)
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12.7 (0.4–30.8)
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Other (%)
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27.7 (20.2–36.7)
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25.5 (11.6–44.0)
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Unemployed (%)
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24.4 (16.6–30.0)
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22.9 (15.0–30.2)
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Overnight travel within Zanzibar in last month (%)
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3.4 (2.1–5.0)
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2.9 (1.1–4.3)
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Overnight travel outside Zanzibar in last month (%)
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0.5 (0.0–1.0)
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0.6 (0.1–1.2)
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Overnight travel outside Zanzibar in last 6 months (%)
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1.4 (0.4–2.8)
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1.5 (0.6–2.3)
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Vector control coverage
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Households sprayed in the last 12 months (%)
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84.7 (64.3–94.2)
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85.1 (77.3–93.8)
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Households with at least one mosquito net (%)
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85.6 (72.6–97.4)
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82.3 (72.0–93.4)
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Households with at least one mosquito net per sleeping space (%)
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67.0 (45.5–81.6)
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62.6 (54.0–75.3)
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People with access to a bed net7 (%)
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74.5 (56.6–90.6)
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71.1 (59.1–80.6)
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People who slept under a mosquito net last night (%)
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74.6 (53.9–92.0)
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70.2 (55.8–79.6)
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Children under five who slept under a mosquito net last night (%)
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79.6 (61.5–96.6)
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78.8 (62.7–87.4)
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Malaria transmission indicators
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Annual parasite index in 2015 (cases/1000 people)
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14.4 (11.1–22.4)
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12.7 (8.3–32.8)
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Malaria prevalence at baseline (%)
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0.8 (0.0–1.6)
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2.5 (0.7–4.5)
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