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.