Data from: Using the environmental light field method for measuring biologically relevant light characteristics at the household scale

The increasing prevalence of artificial light at night (ALAN) alters the
natural light cycle and has been found to have harmful effects on both
human and environmental health. Given its importance as a disease vector,
we use Anopheles mosquitoes as a case study. Anopheles mosquitoes, several
of which act as malaria vectors, and compare how light characteristics
(details of the method followed below) influence key mosquito behaviours
differ among regions and houses. We characterise the artificial light
environment inside and immediately outside houses in rural settlements
(South Africa, Mozambique, and Uganda) as the lighting present in these
areas will likely play a role in affecting people’s risk of being infected
by vector-borne diseases.