Table 3.
Household bed net characteristics.
| March (n = 528) | August (n = 560) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CIa | n | % | 95% CIa | ||
| Place where any nets were used/not used the night before the survey | |||||||
| Placed in main residence and used | 327 | 61.9 | 56.6, 67.2 | 163 | 29.1 | 22.1, 36.1 | |
| Placed in main residence but not usedb | 65 | 12.3 | 4.3, 20.3 | 106 | 18.9 | 11.4, 26.4 | |
| Placed in farming hut and used | 27 | 5.1 | -3.2, 13.4 | 242 | 43.2 | 37.0, 49.4 | |
| Placed in farming hut but not usedb | 109 | 20.6 | 13.0, 28.2 | 49 | 8.8 | 0.9, 16.7 | |
| Net type | |||||||
| Family | 525 | 99.4 | 98.7, 100.0 | 557 | 99.5 | 98.9, 100.1 | |
| Double | 2 | 0.4 | -8.3, 9.1 | 2 | 0.4 | -8.3, 9.1 | |
| Single | 1 | 0.2 | -8.6, 9.0 | 1 | 0.2 | -8.6, 9.0 | |
| Insecticide treatment status | |||||||
| Treated | 441 | 83.5 | 80.0, 87.0 | 524 | 93.6 | 91.5, 95.7 | |
| Not treated | 35 | 6.6 | -1.6, 14.8 | 12 | 2.1 | -6.0, 10.2 | |
| Unknown | 52 | 9.8 | 1.7, 17.9 | 24 | 4.3 | -3.8, 12.4 | |
| Mean number of any nets per household (SD) | |||||||
| Main residence | 3.1 | (1.6) | 2.8, 3.4 | 2.1 | (1.6) | 1.8, 2.4 | |
| Hut | 1.1 | (1.3) | 0.9, 1.3 | 2.3 | (1.7) | 2.0, 2.6 | |
| Overall | 4.2 | (2.1) | 3.8, 4.5 | 4.4 | (1.9) | 4.0, 4.7 | |
| Mean number of ITNs per household (SD) | |||||||
| Main residence | 2.7 | (1.7) | 2.4, 3.0 | 2.0 | (1.7) | 1.7, 2.3 | |
| Hut | 0.9 | (1.2) | 0.7, 1.1 | 2.1 | (1.7) | 1.8, 2.4 | |
| Overall | 3.5 | (2.3) | 3.1, 3.9 | 4.1 | (2.1) | 3.7, 4.5 | |
a: 95% confidence interval for the estimated proportion or mean
b: These unused nets included both hung and not hung nets.