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.