Table 4.
Selected Illustrative Comments II
| Topic | Quote | District |
|---|---|---|
| ITN decision- making within households | Query: "Who decides which household members sleep under the nets you own?" | |
| "The chief of the family, or it could be other members of the family." (Woman) | Dili | |
| "Mothers are the ones that make decisions for the kids." (Women) | Dili | |
| "Both the husband and the wife decide these things." (Woman) | Dili | |
| "The doctors decide for us." (Man) | Manatuto | |
| "...the man makes the decisions." (Man) | Manatuto | |
| "The man is the chief of the family." (Women) | Covalima | |
| "...because the man is the chief of the family" (Men) | All sites | |
| ITN Usage, beliefs and patterns | "Nets are only for young children." (Men and women) | All sites |
| "The mosquito nets separated couples to sleep in different rooms." (Woman) | Manatuto | |
| "The mosquito net is only for pregnant mothers and it is not for fathers." (Women) | Manatuto | |
| "As far as I am concerned two family members only can use mosquito nets- they are the mother and the child." (Man) | Manatuto | |
| "We are not to use nets, but we use them when we feel cool. The doctor also mentioned that it's not for the man." (Man) | Manatuto | |
| "Depending on the bed net, it could be two, three, four, five up to six people sleeping under it." (Women) | Covalima | |
| "Fathers cannot sleep inside the mosquito net if the mother is pregnant or has a small baby." (Man) | Covalima | |