Table 1. Number and percentage of houses in the study with and without Lantana that have factors assumed to influence indoor mosquito density.
| Risk Factor | No plants around houseN = 90 (%) | Lantana around houseN = 231(%) | χ 2 testP value | |
| Number of people living in the house | 1–4 | 40 (44.4) | 104 (45) | N.S. |
| 5–8 | 43(47.8) | 112 (48.5) | ||
| 9–12 | 7 (7.8) | 15 (6.5) | ||
| Number of bednets owned | 0 | 56 (62) | 123 (53.3) | N. S. |
| 1–3 | 33 (36.7) | 107 (46.3) | ||
| 4–5 | 1 (1) | 1 (0.4) | ||
| Number of people using bednets the previous night | 0 | 60 (66.7) | 130 (56.3) | N.S. |
| 1–3 | 20 (22.2) | 72 (31.2) | ||
| 4–6 | 9 (10) | 25 (10.8) | ||
| 7–11 | 1 (1) | 4 (1.7) | ||
| Place of cooking | Indoors | 72 (80) | 172 (74.5) | N.S. |
| Outdoors | 18 (20) | 59 (25.5) | ||
| Keep a fire burning overnight | No | 84 (94.4) | 218 (95.2) | N.S. |
| Yes | 5 (5.6) | 11 (4.8) | ||
| Roof material | Thatch | 38 (42.2) | 140 (62) | P = 0.001 |
| Tin | 52 (57.8) | 86 (38) | ||
| Eave gap | Closed | 49 (54.4) | 166 (71.9) | P = 0.003 |
| Open | 41 (45.6) | 65 (28.1) | ||
| Smoke stains in the house | None | 32 (35.6) | 126 (54.5) | P = 0.007 |
| Some <⅓ | 20 (22.2) | 42 (18.2) | ||
| Extensive >⅓ | 38 (42.2) | 63 (27.3) | ||
| Where livestock stay at night | No livestock | 27 (30) | 94 (40.7) | P = 0.01 |
| Indoors | 51 (56.7) | 88 (38.1) | ||
| Outdoors | 12 (13.3) | 49 (21.2) |