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. 2012;6(2):24–28. doi: 10.4314/ajid.v6i2.1

Table 3.

Distribution of respondents' practice of prevention against malaria.*

Variables Frequency (%)
Yes No
Protection of susceptible host from mosquito: 494 (98.8) 6 (1.2)
Use of insecticides 356 (71.2) 144 (28.8)
Manual killing 164 (32.8) 336 (67.2)
Use of mosquito coil 275 (55.0) 225 (45.0)
Use of bed nets 63 (12.6) 431 (87.4)
Use of repellent cream 17 (3.4) 477 (96.6)
Use of ITN 115 (23.0) 397 (77.0)
Use of window nets 108 (21.6) 386 (78.4)
Use of door nets 229 (45.8) 265 (54.2)
Control of breeding sites of mosquito:
Community environmental sanitation 303 (60.6) 197 (39.4)
on specific days
Bush clearing 227 (45.4) 76 (15.2)
Drainage of gutters 224 (44.8) 79 (15.8)
Clearing of refuse dump 239 (9.8) 64 (12.8)
*

Multiple responses allowed