Table 5. Bed net use (bed nets are partly used by more than one person) by study group at baseline and follow-up.
Baseline (2/2006) | Follow-up (2/2007) | |||||
A | B | p (A vs. B) | A | B | p (A vs. B) | |
Last night use of bed net (%) | 157/528 (30) | 236/722 (33) | n.s. | 214/636 (34) | 306/775 (39) | 0.027 |
By head of HH | 32 | 70 | 52 | 83 | ||
By women | 74 | 116 | 118 | 144 | ||
By pregnant women | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||
By young children | 75 | 108 | 123 | 145 | ||
By other persons | 71 | 89 | 48 | 94 | ||
Last rainy season bed net use | ||||||
By head of HH | 109 | 184 | 149 | 194 | ||
By women | 229 | 311 | 261 | 340 | ||
By pregnant women | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||
By young children | 253 | 292 | 254 | 336 | ||
By other persons | 195 | 283 | 144 | 231 |
HH = household; No = number; ITN = insecticide-treated bed net; A = intervention A (social marketing program of ITNs+free distribution of ITNs to pregnant women in health centres); B = intervention B (social marketing program of ITNs); n.s. = non significant (p<0.05).