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. 2010 Sep 10;5(9):e12660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012660

Table 3. Possession of Long Lasting Insecticide-treated bed Nets (LLINs) by programme areas & wealth quintiles.

Peri-urban (Kampala and Mukono) areas Rural (Eastern Districts) areas*
Poorest 3rd quintile Least poor All Poorest 3rd quintile Least poor All t-test**
% HHs with at least one LLIN 58.3 60.3 58.6 59.0 42.3 44.0 37.5 40.9 p<0.01
Mean No. of LLIN per household 1.6 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.1 ns
% of HH members who slept under LLINs in the previous night 16.0 23.6 26.4 16.5 21.4 22.7 18.1 13.1 ns
% of under -five children who slept under LLINs in the previous night 14.0 18.0 19.0 18.9 18.3 17.7 14.7 17.0 p<0.10
% of pregnant woman who slept under LLINs in the previous night 2.1 6.9 5.6 24.8 3.9 6.9 5.1 26.9 p<0.01
N 671 461 174 1306 1483 1416 2084 4983

*Eastern Districts areas include Jinja, Iganga, Bugiri and Busia districts.

**Kampala vs. Eastern districts.