Table 1

Community characteristics, Eastern Uganda (2005–2015)

All areasPeriurbanRural areas
Mean (%)SDMean (%)SDMean (%)SD
Maternal education (% completed primary education per village)
 200639.8920.3964.2818.5129.819.97
 200843.2817.9763.2913.9635.0211.94
 201149.9819.8472.4613.3740.6913.66
 201452.8617.6973.0112.3744.5311.90
 Total48.5219.4270.0815.6739.6112.65
% of poorest quintile per village
 200623.6617.743.086.0932.1613.42
 200819.1614.21.914.3226.2910.09
 201120.2416.521.935.2127.8013.33
 201421.917.441.334.1330.3913.17
 Total21.2416.532.064.9429.1612.68
Mosquito net ownership per village
 200667.946.9869.848.7967.156.02
 200859.139.6747.897.8563.785.72
 201161.946.5157.986.0363.576.02
 201465.145.9861.486.5766.655.06
 Total63.548.0959.2910.7365.295.90
Overcrowded household (% households with ≥4 people per sleeping room)
 200640.698.0243.898.9939.377.29
 200836.036.1532.076.4737.675.26
 201134.785.9832.825.3435.596.09
 201433.747.6532.217.7834.377.58
 Total36.317.4632.7110.1635.798.12
Household with improved sanitation
 200627.4810.5123.448.7429.1510.81
 200828.7911.8126.5812.1529.7011.68
 201126.3511.2222.498.9127.9411.77
 201425.4211.9925.7210.8825.2912.54
 Total27.0111.424.9412.5327.8912.51
Household with improved water
 200665.821.4562.9015.7766.9923.46
 200867.5420.266.4013.3868.0122.53
 201168.2220.1567.1612.7968.6622.61
 201466.2219.765.9711.0266.3222.45
 Total66.9420.2962.3017.6766.3723.33
Proportion of children with BCG
 200683.126.1491.133.2179.813.33
 200883.435.5789.822.5080.794.16
 201184.395.8390.623.6981.814.45
 201482.426.2891.092.5080.254.31
 Total83.595.9590.663.0080.664.12
  • *The proportions were derived by using the ‘collapse’ command of STATA and obtaining the average proportion per village per year.