Table 3.
(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 , one-tailed.