Characteristic | N (%) |
---|---|
Female gender | 374 (68.1) |
Age, median years (range) | 32 (17–74) |
  < 30 years | 188 (34.3) |
 30–39 years | 269 (48.9) |
  > =40 years | 92 (16.8) |
Wealth quintileb | Â |
 1 poorest | 32 (11.3) |
 2 | 50 (17.6) |
 3 | 69 (24.3) |
 4 | 57 (20.1) |
 5 least poor | 76 (26.8) |
Currently employed | 112 (20.6) |
Number of years living in Asembo, median (range) | 14 (0–73) |
Number of compounds | 460 |
Number of people in compound, median (range) | 8 (1–38) |
Median number of rooms used for sleeping | 1 (1–6) |
Number of children under 5 in the home, median (range) | 1 (1–4) |
 1 | 328 (59.7) |
 2 | 185 (33.7) |
  ≥ 3 | 36 (6.6) |
Number of children in home attending school, median (range) | 2 (0–13) |
 none | 67 (12.2) |
  ≥ 1 | 482 (87.8) |
Recent illness | Â |
 Current cough | 141 (25.7) |
 Cough within 30 days | 171 (31.3) |
 Pneumonia within 30 days | 16 (2.9) |
 Fever within 24 hours | 74 (13.5) |
 Fever within 30 days | 171 (31.2) |
Smoke exposure | Â |
 Smokes tobacco | 29 (5.3) |
 Tobacco smoke in the home | 99 (18.2) |
 Type of fuels used for cooking |  |
  Firewood | 540 (98.4) |
  Charcoal | 207 (37.7) |
  Otherc | 23 (4.2) |
 Area used for cooking |  |
  Same area used for sleeping | 243 (44.3) |
  Dedicated separate building | 235 (42.8) |
  Outside the house | 45 (8.2) |
  Within the house, separate room | 26 (4.7) |
Antibiotic used | Â |
 Use of any antibiotic within 7 days | 313 (57.0) |
 Current use of any antibiotic | 169 (30.8) |
 Current use of cotrimoxazole | 161 (29.3) |
Attends HIV clinice | 106 (53.8) |
HAART usee | 23 (11.6) |
CD4 count, median (range)e, f | 445 (21–1378) |
  < 250 | 44 (21.9) |
 250–499 | 71 (35.3) |
  > 500 | 86 (42.8) |