Table 2. Summary of malaria information received amongst women age 15–49 years, Ethiopia, 2007.
Characteristic | N | Percent (%) | 95% CI |
Number of women | 6657 | ||
Seen or heard messages about malaria | 1946 | 25.4 | 21.8–29.0 |
Source of malaria information | |||
Friends/Family | 570 | 33.7 | 27.7–39.7 |
Government clinic/hospital | 689 | 28.9 | 23.6–34.2 |
Health Extension Worker | 336 | 15.9 | 11.6–20.1 |
On the radio | 262 | 13.7 | 8.6–18.9 |
On television | 143 | 9.2 | 4.3–14.0 |
Peer educators | 108 | 6.2 | 3.6–8.7 |
Workplace | 68 | 3.2 | 1.8–4.5 |
In print (Posters/Billboards/Newspaper) | 32 | 2.5 | 1.3–3.7 |
Type of malaria information received | |||
Sleeping under net/ITN | 1193 | 58.3 | 51.7–64.8 |
Environmental sanitation | 832 | 41.0 | 35.9–46.2 |
Seek treatment for fever | 341 | 21.8 | 16.9–26.7 |
Importance of spraying | 154 | 5.8 | 4.0–7.5 |
Received malaria information at home | 410 | 4.3 | 3.1–5.5 |
Type of malaria information received at home | |||
Sleeping under net/ITN | 295 | 63.5 | 51.6–75.4 |
Environmental sanitation | 171 | 45.2 | 34.5–55.8 |
Seek treatment for fever | 38 | 12.0 | 5.9–18.1 |
Importance of spraying | 21 | 3.8 | 0.8–6.8 |
CI = Confidence Intervals; ITN = Insecticide-treated nets.