Table 1.
Baseline and postresults for mosquito net and ITN use stratified by district
| Variable | Control district | Intervention district | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Have you heard about ITNs? | ||||||||
| Yes | 644 | 97.9 | 472 | 97.3 | 659 | 98.2 | 515 | 99.2 |
| No | 14 | 2.0 | 13 | 2.7 | 12 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Total | 658 | 485 | 671 | 519 | ||||
| Does your household currently have a[n older] mosquito net that can be used while sleeping? | ||||||||
| Yes | 489 | 75.9 | 281 | 57.9 | 476 | 72.2 | 277 | 53.4 |
| No | 155 | 24.1 | 204 | 42.1 | 183 | 27.8 | 242 | 46.6 |
| Total | 644 | 485 | 659 | 519 | ||||
| Does your household currently have any ITNs that can be used while sleeping? | ||||||||
| Yes | 473 | 73.4 | 337 | 71.2 | 460 | 69.8 | 368 | 71.5 |
| No | 171 | 26.6 | 136 | 28.8 | 199 | 30.2 | 147 | 28.5 |
| Total | 644 | 473 | 659 | 515 | ||||
| How many ITNs do you have?a | ||||||||
| 1 | 209 | 44.2 | 153 | 45.5 | 240 | 52.2 | 205 | 55.3 |
| 2 | 179 | 37.8 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 36.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 59 | 12.5 | 163 | 48.4 | 41 | 8.9 | 152 | 41.0 |
| 4+ | 26 | 5.5 | 21 | 6.2 | 12 | 2.6 | 14 | 3.8 |
| Total | 473 | 337 | 460 | 371 | ||||
| How many ITNs are being used?b | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 8.1 |
| 1 | 294 | 62.2 | 208 | 61.4 | 294 | 63.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 94 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 15.2 | 251 | 67.5 |
| 3+ | 85 | 18.0 | 89 | 26.3 | 96 | 20.9 | 91 | 24.5 |
| Total | 473 | 339 | 460 | 372 | ||||
| Did you or any member of your household sleep under an ITN last night? | ||||||||
| Yes | 348 | 73.6 | 271 | 79.9 | 304 | 66.1 | 314 | 84.4 |
| No | 125 | 26.4 | 68 | 20.1 | 156 | 33.9 | 58 | 15.6 |
| Total | 473 | 339 | 460 | 372 | ||||
| Did you sleep under a[n older] mosquito net last night? | ||||||||
| Yes | 4 | 3.2 | 6 | 8.0 | 10 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 |
| No | 121 | 96.8 | 69 | 92.0 | 146 | 93.6 | 58 | 100.0 |
| Total | 125 | 75 | 156 | 58 | ||||
| How many people in the household slept under ITNs last night? | ||||||||
| 1 | 17 | 4.8 | 15 | 5.5 | 17 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 99 | 28.2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 39.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3+ | 235 | 67.0 | 257 | 94.5 | 172 | 55.1 | 298 | 94.9 |
| Total | 351 | 272 | 312 | 314 | ||||
| How many of those who were under ITNs were children under 5? | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 |
| 1 | 214 | 60.6 | 168 | 61.8 | 216 | 68.6 | 203 | 64.6 |
| 2 | 97 | 27.5 | 77 | 28.3 | 75 | 23.8 | 82 | 26.1 |
| 3+ | 42 | 11.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 24 | 7.6 | 17 | 5.4 |
| Total | 353 | 272 | 315 | 314 | ||||
| How many pregnant women slept under a net [ITN or mosquito]? | ||||||||
| 0 | 27 | 5.7 | 15 | 20.3 | 41 | 9.0 | 6 | 10.3 |
| 1 | 39 | 8.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 20 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
| N/A | 405 | 86.0 | 58 | 78.4 | 397 | 86.7 | 52 | 89.7 |
| Total | 471 | 74 | 458 | 58 | ||||
Response patterns were generally but not fully internally consistent, yielding sample sizes for some of the subset questions that are higher than expected.
Control district Ghana’s Asikuma Odobeng Brakwah District, Intervention district Ghana’s Gomoa East District
aFor calculation purposes, “4+” is treated as 4. Though these numbers could be larger, there should be no intervention/control group differences
bFor calculation purposes “3+” is treated as 3. Though these numbers could be larger, there should be no intervention/control group differences