Table 1 Analysis of Key Variables from IDI using Frequency Table
S/N | Variables | Settlement: Jandutsi | Settlement: Birnin Yari | Settlement: Sarkin Fada II | Settlement: Attagarawa | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Number of people per room | 1鈥�3: 3 | 1鈥�3: 4 | 1鈥�3: 3 | 1鈥�3: 4 | 14 |
4鈥�7: 4 | 4鈥�7: 3 | 4鈥�7: 4 | 4鈥�7: 3 | 14 | ||
8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 3 | 12 | ||
2 | Number of rooms available for sleeping | 1鈥�3: 6 | 1鈥�3: 4 | 1鈥�3: 6 | 1鈥�3: 4 | 20 |
4鈥�7: 1 | 4鈥�7: 3 | 4鈥�7: 1 | 4鈥�7: 2 | 7 | ||
8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 3 | 8鈥�10: 4 | 13 | ||
3 | Housing arrangement | Space between building: 1 | Space between building: 4 | Space between building: 3 | Space between building: 2 | 10 |
Shared Toilet: 8 | Shared Toilet: 5 | Shared Toilet: 4 | Shared Toilet: 4 | 21 | ||
Single use: 1 | Single use: 1 | Single use: 3 | Single use: 4 | 9 | ||
4 | Size of the window in the room | Small: 6 | Small: 6 | Small: 4 | Small: 10 | 26 |
Medium:3 | Medium: 3 | Medium: 3 | Medium: 0 | 12 | ||
Big: 0 | Big: 0 | Big: 2 | Big: 0 | 2 | ||
5 | Size of the window in the kitchen | Small: 8 | Small:8 | Small: 10 | Small: 10 | 36 |
Big: 2 | Big: 2 | Big: 0 | Big: 0 | 4 | ||
6 | Location of kitchen | Close to the room: 5 | Close to the room:5 | Close to the room: 5 | Close to the room: 5 | 20 |
Far from the room: 4 | Far from the room: 4 | Far from the room: 4 | Far from the room: 4 | 16 | ||
Open Kitchen: 1 | Open Kitchen:1 | Open Kitchen: 1 | Open Kitchen: 1 | 4 | ||
7 | Type of cooking fuel used | Firewood: 10 | Firewood: 5 | Firewood: 10 | Firewood/Millet Stalk: 10 | 35 |
| 听 | 听 | 听 | Gas:1 | 听 | 听 | 1 |
| 听 | 听 | 听 | Kerosene: 4 | 听 | 听 | 4 |
8 | Neighbourhood wealth index | Middle class: 4 | Middle class: 5 | Middle Class: 7 | Middle class: 3 | 18 |
Poor: 6 | Poor: 5 | Poor: 3 | Poor: 7 | 22 | ||
9 | Educational status | Western: 0 | Western: 4 | Western: 0 | Western: 6 | 10 |
Qur鈥檃nic: 10 | Qur鈥檃nic: 6 | Qur鈥檃nic: 10 | Qur鈥檃nic: 4 | 30 | ||
10 | Social events | Market: 3 | Market: 3 | Market: 5 | Market: 6 | 17 |
Wedding: 2 | Wedding: 4 | Wedding: 2 | Wedding: 0 | 8 | ||
Naming ceremony: 2 | Naming ceremony: 1 | Naming ceremony: 0 | Naming ceremony: 1 | 4 | ||
Funeral: 0 | Funeral: 0 | Funeral: 1 | Funeral: 0 | 1 | ||
School: 2 | School: 2 | School:2 | School: 0 | 6 | ||
Farm: 1 | Farm: 0 | Farm:0 | Farm: 0 | 1 | ||
Majalisa: 0 | Majalisa: 0 | Majalisa: 0 | Majalisa: 3 | 3 | ||
11 | Often visits social gathering | Daily: 3 | Daily: 4 | Daily: 4 | Daily: 5 | 16 |
2-3听days/week: 5 | 2-3听days/week: 2 | 2-3听days/week: 3 | 2-3听days/week: 3 | 13 | ||
4鈥�7听days a week: 2 | 4鈥�7听days a week: 4 | 4鈥�7听days a week: 3 | 4鈥�7听days a week: 2 | 11 | ||
12 | Places for seeking health | Hospital: 1 | Hospital: 6 | Hospital: 3 | Hospital: 10 | 20 |
PMV: 4 | PMV: 3 | PMV: 5 | 听 | 12 | ||
Traditional: 1 | Traditional: 1 | Traditional: 2 | 听 | 4 | ||
Health worker (Unregulated Practice): 4 | Unregulated Practice: 0 | Unregulated Practice: 0 | Unregulated Practice: 0 | 4 | ||
13 | What influences treatment | Money: 7 | Money: 9 | Money: 5 | Money: 5 | 26 |
Severity of illness: 3 | Severity of illness: 1 | Severity of illness: 5 | Severity of illness: 5 | 14 | ||
14 | Who decides where to seek treatment | Father: 10 | Father: 6 | Father: 5 | Father: 8 | 28 |
Mother: 0 | Mother: 4 | Mother: 5 | Mother: 2 | 11 | ||
15 | How early after onset of symptoms | Immediately: 9 | Immediately: 6 | Immediately: 8 | Immediately: 1 | 24 |
Sometimes later: 1 | Sometimes later: 4 | Sometimes later: 2 | Sometimes later: 9 | 16 | ||
16 | Compliant to immunization | Yes:7 | Yes: 8 | Yes:7 | Yes: 9 | 31 |
No: 3 | No: 2 | No: 3 | No: 1 | 9 | ||
17 | Isolation of cases | Isolate infected person: 8 | Isolate infected person: 8 | Isolate infected person: 6 | Isolate infected person: 8 | 30 |
Avoid sleeping with people: 2 | Avoid sleeping with people: 2 | Avoid sleeping with people: 4 | Avoid sleeping with people: 2 | 10 | ||
18 | Environmental factors promoting for recurrent outbreak | Heat and dry weather: 7 | Heat and dry weather: 7 | Heat and dry weather: 7 | Heat and dry weather: 10 | 31 |
Sanitation: 3 | Sanitation: 3 | Sanitation: 3 | Sanitation: 0 | 9 | ||
19 | Factors that promote the spread of meningitis | Poor sanitation: 6 | Poor sanitation: 6 | Poor sanitation: 6 | Poor sanitation: 2 | 20 |
Poor ventilation: 4 | Poor ventilation: 4 | Poor ventilation: 4 | Poor ventilation:8 | 20 |