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. 2010 Jul 21;5(7):e11692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011692

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.