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. 2007 Jan 29;6:13. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-13

Table 3.

Concentration indexes for comparison and intervention districts

(1) Comparison (2) Intervention (3) Difference (4) ta (5) p
Knowledge of malaria
 Mosquito bites cause malaria 0.129 0.069 0.059 3.51 0.009
Knowledge of nets and treatment
 Familiar with mosquito nets 0.050 0.013 0.037 5.03 0.002
 Ever heard of insecticide treatment 0.366 0.131 0.235 6.54 0.001
 ITN kills or repels mosquitoes 0.376 0.129 0.247 5.80 0.002
 Know that ITN needs re-treatment 0.675 0.182 0.493 8.92 0.000
 No disadvantages to ITN 0.388 0.144 0.243 4.73 0.005
 Ever heard of PowerNET 0.483 0.084 0.399 10.92 0.001
 Ever heard of POWERCHEM 0.702 0.246 0.455 10.59 0.000
Access to mosquito nets
 Access to mosquito nets (in minutes) -0.151 -0.132 -0.019 -0.77 0.768
 Access to nets in 15 minutes or less 0.423 0.166 0.257 5.28 0.003
Beliefs about malaria protection
 One can protect oneself from malaria 0.108 0.068 0.041 2.41 0.030
 One can protect by using a net 0.332 0.126 0.205 5.76 0.001
 One can protect by using an ITN 0.549 0.279 0.270 2.23 0.056
Behaviour
 Number of mosquito nets in household 0.637 0.434 0.203 7.05 0.000
 Number of ITNs owned by household 0.726 0.400 0.326 8.43 0.000
 Ever had ITN in household 0.709 0.339 0.370 8.95 0.000
 Ever bought PowerNET 0.721 0.359 0.362 9.75 0.000
 Ever bought POWERCHEM 0.749 0.399 0.350 6.52 0.000
 Usually sleeps under a net 0.608 0.374 0.234 5.80 0.001

a: t-statistic with df=5(sc2+si2)2(sc2)2+(si2)22 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaacqWGKbazcqWGMbGzcqGH9aqpdaWcaaqaaiabiwda1maabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaakiabgUcaRiabdohaZnaaDaaaleaacqWGPbqAaeaacqaIYaGmaaaakiaawIcacaGLPaaadaahaaWcbeqaaiabikdaYaaaaOqaamaabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaaaOGaayjkaiaawMcaamaaCaaaleqabaGaeGOmaidaaOGaey4kaSYaaeWaaeaacqWGZbWCdaqhaaWcbaGaemyAaKgabaGaeGOmaidaaaGccaGLOaGaayzkaaWaaWbaaSqabeaacqaIYaGmaaaaaOGaeyOeI0IaeGOmaidaaa@4CCD@, one-tailed.