Table 3.

Use of insecticide treated bed nets, by study years

	2007	2008	2009
All participants	N = 330	N = 435	N = 716
Lives in a households with ≥ 1 bed net	135 (40.9)	335 (77.0)	456 (63.7)
1 bed net	92 (27.9)	305 (70.1)	408 (57.0)
2 bed nets	25 (7.6)	25 (5.8)	37 (5.2)
3 bed nets	9 (2.7)	5 (1.2)	8 (1.1)
≥ 4 bed nets	9 (2.7)	0 (0.0)	3 (0.4)
Reasons for not owning a bed net	N = 195	N = 100	N = 260
Cost	135 (69.2)	72 (72.0)	237 (91.2)
Bed nets not available	44 (22.6)	3 (3.0)	9 (3.5)
No knowledge of where to buy one	3 (1.5)	7 (7.0)	3 (1.2)
Not enough for everyone	2 (1.0)	11 (11.0)	0 (0.0)
Not enough space under the bed net	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
No mosquitoes around	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.8)
Frequent changes in sleeping places	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	4 (1.5)
Too hot under the bed net	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Belief that bed nets do not protect against mosquitoes	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	2 (0.8)
Among participants with a bed net	N = 135	N = 335	N = 456
Sleeps under the bed net	61 (45.2)	189 (56.4)	263 (57.7)
Duration of ownership < 2 years	25 (41.0)	175 (92.6)	207 (78.7)
History of treating bed net	13 (21.3)	49 (25.9)	48 (18.3)
Reasons for not sleeping under a bed net	N = 74	N = 146	N = 193
No mosquitoes around	51 (68.9)	55 (37.7)	89 (46.1)
Inability to hang the bed net/sleeping outside	3 (4.1)	111 (76.0)	9 (4.7)
Bed net is old/dirty/needs to be re-treated	4 (5.4)	21 (14.4)	25 (13.0)
Frequent changes in sleeping places	8 (10.8)	17 (11.6)	18 (9.3)
Too hot under the bed net	4 (5.4)	37 (25.3)	29 (15.0)
Not enough space under the bed net	5 (6.8)	0 (0.0)	8 (4.2)
Not the rainy season	1 (1.4)	7 (4.8)	0 (0.0)
Bed net is itchy	0 (0.0)	5 (3.4)	0 (0.0)
Belief that bed nets do not protect against mosquitoes	0 (0.0)	7 (4.8)	11 (5.7)