Table 2.
Knowledge of malaria and use of bed net in antenatal clinic attendees in Kinshasa, DRC in 2005/06.
| N | % | |
| Causes of Malaria (unprompted) | ||
| Mosquitoes | 317 | 90.31 |
| Neighborhood Dirt | 263 | 74.93 |
| Standing Water | 150 | 42.74 |
| Other Answers* | 62 | 17.66 |
| Do you know ways to prevent Malaria? | ||
| No | 36 | 10.26 |
| Yes | 315 | 89.74 |
| Malaria diagnosis in the past year? | ||
| No | 110 | 31.34 |
| Yes | 238 | 67.81 |
| Who diagnosed your Malaria? | ||
| Self diagnosed | 210 | 88.24 |
| Physician | 28 | 11.76 |
| Number of People who Slept in the Home Last Night | ||
| 0–3 | 133 | 37.89 |
| 4–6 | 116 | 33.05 |
| 7 or more | 102 | 29.06 |
| Do you own a mosquito net? | ||
| No | 236 | 67.24 |
| Yes | 115 | 32.76 |
| Number of nets owned (mean, range)*§ | 1.4 (1–5) | |
| Reasons for not owning a mosquito net (unprompted)# | ||
| Cost (Very Expensive) | 114 | 48.31 |
| Did not know about nets | 27 | 11.44 |
| Net was damaged | 22 | 9.32 |
| Not interested in a bed net | 20 | 8.47 |
| Do not like nets/Do not breathe well under net | 13 | 5.51 |
| No mosquitoes in my area | 12 | 5.08 |
| Other† | 27 | 11.44 |
| Participant (pregnant woman) slept under a net last night | ||
| No | 265 | 75.50 |
| Yes | 86 | 24.50 |
| Reasons for not sleeping under a net (unprompted)# | ||
| Do not own a net | 231 | 87.17 |
| Mosquito net is torn | 20 | 7.55 |
| Other†† | 55 | 20.75 |
| Mother and child/children slept under a net last night (among those who slept under a net N = 100) | 27 | 27.8 |
| No one in home slept under a net last night | 251 | 71.51 |
| How many children under 5 slept under a net last night?§ | ||
| 0 | 41 | 41.84 |
| 1 | 33 | 33.67 |
| 2 or more | 24 | 24.49 |
| How many children ages 5–17 slept under a net last night?§ | ||
| 0 | 62 | 63.92 |
| 1 | 17 | 17.53 |
| 2 or more | 18 | 18.56 |
| Proportion of days slept under a net in the past week§ | ||
| None | 18 | 15.65 |
| More than 0 but less than 100% | 31 | 26.96 |
| 100% | 66 | 57.39 |
| How often did you sleep under a mosquito net during the past month?§ | ||
| Every night | 52 | 45.22 |
| Almost every night | 29 | 25.22 |
| A few nights | 18 | 15.65 |
| Not even once | 16 | 13.91 |
* Includes: being in the rain, catching a cold, drinking dirty water, eating cold food, bugs/insects, suffocation/suppression at home, unclean or improperly washed bodies, trash/bad odors
† Includes: Do not know where to get a net, haven't bought a net yet, and Do not know (general)
†† Includes: Net causes other diseases, net not effective, chemical is dangerous for health, sleeping under a net is hot, spent the night outdoors b/c of heat, spent the night at a mourning, other family members used the net, mosquitoes can bite through the net, mosquitoes can get under the net, husband did not want us to sleep under it, no space in the room, other not specified, refused.
§Denominator includes only study participants who reported owning a mosquito net (N = 115).
# Participants were allowed to select more than one option