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. 2008 Sep 11;3(9):e3182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003182

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).