Skip to main content
. 2009 Jun 15;8:132. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-132

Table 2.

Household ownership of nets and malaria cases, by income quintile

Quintile No. households
owning a net
No. nets
per household
No. households bought net No. households received free net Avg. malaria case rate per1000 hospital person years (2007)
N % N N % N %
Q1 (most poor) 58 15.9 0.34 48 17.0 81 23.5 120.6
Q2 (very poor) 70 19.2 0.49 61 21.6 71 20.6 109.8
Q3 (poor) 69 18.9 0.56 46 16.3 60 17.4 101.5
Q4 (less poor) 73 20.0 0.57 60 21.3 54 15.7 87.6
Q5 (least poor) 95 26.0 0.86 67 23.8 78 22.7 75.3
Total 365 100 0.56 282 100 344 100 99.6
Chi2 23.3*** 9.3* 6.2

*, *** statistically significant relationship between the two variables