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Table 3 Questionnaire-based survey in the school study

From: Urban lymphatic filariasis in the metropolis of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Question

Response

Warda

  

Total

Mchikichini

Buguruni

Vingunguti

Ukonga

Majohe

Chanika

  

(n=1496)

(n=267)

(n=257)

(n=288)

(n=247)

(n=195)

(n=242)

Were you born in Dar es Salaam?

Yes

1484 (99.2)

261 (97.8)

257 (100.0)

287 (99.7)

246 (99.6)

194 (99.4)

239 (98.8)

Does your family own a TV set?

Yes

857 (57.3)

182 (68.2)

184 (71.6)

160 (55.6)

170 (68.8)

78 (40.0)

83 (34.3)

Does your family own a fridge?

Yes

528 (35.3)

132 (49.3)

128 (49.8)

66 (22.9)

113 (45.7)

50 (25.6)

39 (16.1)

Which of these infections is transmitted by mosquitoes (select only one)?

None

160 (10.7)

47 (17.6)

27 (10.5)

25 (8.7)

18 (7.3)

13 (6.7)

30 (12.4)

Cholera

296 (19.8)

71 (26.6)

33 (12.8)

64 (22.2)

54 (21.9)

31 (15.9)

43 (17.8)

Wormsb

288 (19.3)

37 (13.9)

50 (19.5)

53 (18.4)

55 (22.3)

39 (20.0)

54 (22.3)

Schistosomiasis

257 (17.2)

34 (12.7)

28 (10.9)

50 (17.4)

38 (15.4)

31 (15.9)

76 (31.4)

LF

254 (17.0)

52 (19.5)

63 (24.5)

24 (8.3)

46 (18.6)

54 (27.7)

15 (6.2)

HIV/AIDS

241 (16.1)

26 (9.7)

56 (21.8)

72 (25.0)

36 (14.6)

27 (13.8)

24 (9.9)

Do you sleep under a bed net?

No

108 (7.2)

19 (7.1)

30 (11.7)

19 (6.6)

16 (6.5)

6 (3.1)

18 (7.4)

Yes, occasionally

230 (15.4)

52 (19.5)

60 (23.3)

28 (9.7)

29 (11.7)

31 (15.9)

30 (12.4)

 

Yes, always

1158 (77.4)

196 (73.4)

167 (65.0)

241 (83.7)

202 (81.8)

158 (81.0)

194 (80.2)

  1. The pupils were from primary schools located in six wards in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam. Table shows the number (%) of pupils who gave the indicated response to the indicated question.
  2. a) Female to male ratio was 0.9, 1.1, 1.1, 0.9, 1.9 and 1.0, and mean age (range) in years was 7.5 (5–12), 7.7 (5–11), 7.5 (5–12), 7.4 (5–11), 7.7 (6–11) and 7.8 (5–13), respectively, among those interviewed in Mchikichini, Buguruni, Vingunguti, Ukonga, Majohe and Chanika.
  3. b) Intestinal worms.