Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the 3300 malaria cases recruited

Natural region

 Lower Guinea

268 (23.7%)

811 (37.4%)

1,079 (32.7%)

 Upper Guinea

338 (29.9%)

401 (18.5%)

739 (22.4%)

 Middle Guinea

231 (20.4%)

515 (23.8%)

746 (22.6%)

 Forest Guinea

295 (26.1%)

441 (20.3%)

736 (22.3%)

Area

 Urban

735 (64.9%)

1,403 (64.7%)

2,138 (64.8%)

 Rural

397 (35.1%)

765 (35.3%)

1,162 (35.2%)

Under -five years old (median, IQR)

24.0 (12.0, 36.0)

-

24.0 (12.0, 36.0)

Five years and over (median, IQR)

-

23.0 (12.0, 37.0)

23.0 (12.0, 37.0)

Relationship

 Father

283 (25.0%)

273 (12.6%)

556 (16.8%)

 Mother

788 (69.6%)

384 (17.7%)

1,172 (35.5%)

 Other members

61 (5.4%)

105 (4.8%)

166 (5.0%)

 Civil autonomy

0 (0.0%)

1,406 (64.9%)

1,406 (42.6%)

Education level

 No education

658 (58.1%)

1,091 (50.3%)

1,749 (53.0%)

 Elementary level

189 (16.7%)

312 (14.4%)

501 (15.2%)

 Secondary level

135 (11.9%)

282 (13.0%)

417 (12.6%)

 High school

94 (8.3%)

285 (13.1%)

379 (11.5%)

 University

56 (4.9%)

198 (9.1%)

254 (7.7%)

Profession

 Public servant

44 (3.9%)

131 (6.0%)

175 (5.3%)

 Liberal profession

415 (36.7%)

708 (32.7%)

1,123 (34.0%)

 Farmer

201 (17.8%)

356 (16.4%)

557 (16.9%)

 Student

50 (4.4%)

200 (9.2%)

250 (7.6%)

 Housewife

344 (30.4%)

484 (22.3%)

828 (25.1%)

 Others

78 (6.9%)

289 (13.3%)

367 (11.1%)

Marital status

 Married

1,065 (94.1%)

1,726 (79.6%)

2,791 (84.6%)

 Single

50 (4.4%)

323 (14.9%)

373 (11.3%)

 Divorced

5 (0.4%)

24 (1.1%)

29 (0.9%)

 Widower

12 (1.1%)

95 (4.4%)

107 (3.2%)

Head of household

 Husband

1,027 (90.7%)

1,565 (72.2%)

2,592 (78.5%)

 Wife

38 (3.4%)

70 (3.2%)

108 (3.3%)

 Co-management

6 (0.5%)

15 (0.7%)

21 (0.6%)

 Others

61 (5.4%)

518 (23.9%)

579 (17.5%)

Ethnic group

 Peul

439 (38.8%)

979 (45.2%)

1,418 (43.0%)

 Malinke

340 (30.0%)

477 (22.0%)

817 (24.8%)

 Soussou

104 (9.2%)

298 (13.7%)

402 (12.2%)

 Guerze

162 (14.3%)

236 (10.9%)

398 (12.1%)

 Toma

20 (1.8%)

43 (2.0%)

63 (1.9%)

 Kissi

10 (0.9%)

31 (1.4%)

41 (1.2%)

 Others

57 (5.0%)

104 (4.8%)

161 (4.9%)

Head household monthly income $ (median, IQR)

116.0 (63.8, 173.9)

121.7 (69.6, 173.9)

116.0 (69.6, 173.9)

Head household monthly income $

 No income

24 (2.1%)

66 (3.0%)

90 (2.7%)

 Under 64

355 (31.4%)

611 (28.2%)

966 (29.3%)

 64–116

346 (30.6%)

673 (31.0%)

1,019 (30.9%)

 117–348

324 (28.6%)

700 (32.3%)

1,024 (31.0%)

 349–581

59 (5.2%)

89 (4.1%)

148 (4.5%)

 582 and over

24 (2.1%)

29 (1.3%)

53 (1.6%)

Number recourse used

 One

434 (38.3%)

903 (41.7%)

1,337 (40.5%)

 Two

470 (41.5%)

953 (44.0%)

1,423 (43.1%)

 Three and over

228 (20.1%)

312 (14.4%)

540 (16.4%)