Proactive community case management decreased malaria prevalence in rural Madagascar: results from a cluster randomized trial

Table 1 Characteristics of the population participating in the baseline and endline surveys, Mananjary, Madagascar

Characteristics	Baseline						Endline
	Intervention arm N = 14,264		Control arm N = 12,823		Total N = 27,087		Intervention arm N = 10,670		Control arm N = 9805		Total N = 20,475
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age group (years)
0–4	2638	18.5	2644	20.6	5282	19.5	1976	18.5	1987	20.3	3963	19.4
5–14	4220	29.6	3792	29.6	8012	29.6	3247	30.4	2936	29.9	6183	30.2
15–49	5934	41.6	5376	41.9	11,310	41.8	4264	40.0	4034	41.1	8298	40.5
>50	1472	10.3	1011	7.9	2483	9.2	1183	11.1	848	8.6	2031	9.9
Sex
Female	7823	54.8	6744	52.6	14,567	53.8	5885	55.2	5191	52.9	11,076	54.1
Male	6441	45.2	6079	47.4	12,520	46.2	4785	44.8	4614	47.1	9399	45.9
Educational level for participants ≥ 18 years
No school	1605	24.7	1703	30.2	3308	27.2	1141	23.7	1294	30.1	2435	26.7
Primary	3896	60.0	3266	57.9	7162	59.0	2953	61.4	2529	58.9	5482	60.2
Secondary	892	13.7	623	11.0	1515	12.5	657	13.7	423	9.9	1080	11.9
University	104	1.6	52	0.9	156	1.3	60	1.2	47	1.1	107	1.2
Sometimes sleeps outside the house
Yes	173	1.2	160	1.2	333	1.2	88	0.8	90	0.9	178	0.9
Sleeps under an LLIN every night
Yes	12,689	89.0	11,599	90.5	24,288	89.7	9973	93.5	9027	92.1	19,000	92.8
Malaria RDT positivity
Yes	1141	8.0	875	6.8	2016	7.4	574	5.4	560	5.7	1134	5.5

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