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. 2009 Aug 25;4(8):e6737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006737

Table 2. Bed net use pattern as well as participants districts by malaria infected and non-infected households (HH).

Malaria infected HH Malaria non-infected HH P-value
N = 300 N = 9449
% (95% CI) n % (95%CI) N
Bed net status in participant house
Having bed net 91.1 (86.6–94.2) 267 93.7 (92.6–94.6) 8799 0.118
Having < = 2 bed nets 57 (49.1–64.6) 198 46.4 (44.4–48.3) 5461 0.006
< = 5 family member use bed net regularly 57.6 (50.0–65.0) 214 55.2 (53.3–57.2) 6487 0.529
Bed-net treated with medicine within last 6 month 01.7 (0.64–5.50) 05 02 (1.3–2.8) 163 0.885
Last night bed-net use by
All family member 80.3 (73.2–86.0) 239 83.8 (82.0–85.4) 7917 0.274
< = 3 adults members 68.1 (61.6–73.9) 232 61.4 (59.2–63.5) 6653 0.044
< = 2 child members 57.4 (48.9–65.5) 206 62.2 (59.7–64.6) 6690 0.255
< = 2 male members 53.3 (46.7–60.0) 191 46.8 (45.3–48.4) 5424 0.054
< = 2 female members 50.5 (43.9–57.2) 189 51.8 (50.1–53.6) 5853 0.885
Participants districts
South-eastern 96.3 (93.5–98.0) 271 62.4 (61.7–63.0) 3480 <0.0001
North-eastern 03.7 (02.1–06.5) 29 37.7 (37.0–38.3) 5969