Table 6.
Most important reported reasons for non-use of registered LLINs by region
|
Reported reason |
Percent of un-used LLINs |
P
-value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | Highlands | Momase | Islands | Overall | ||
| Net spared/reserved |
55.8 |
28.0 |
45.4 |
19.2 |
37.0 |
<0.001 |
| User did not sleep here |
7.2 |
13.5 |
11.0 |
6.2 |
9.9 |
0.165 |
| No mosquitoes |
9.4 |
5.8 |
6.7 |
16.3 |
9.0 |
0.187 |
| Too hot |
12.9 |
1.3 |
5.8 |
19.8 |
8.9 |
0.002 |
| Indifferent/opposed to net use |
3.0 |
7.0 |
3.3 |
13.1 |
6.5 |
0.006 |
| Net expired/damaged |
3.1 |
4.4 |
9.3 |
0.3 |
3.9 |
0.022 |
| House factors/space |
0.5 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
0.071 |
| Net dirty/being washed |
0.0 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
0.186 |
| Other vector control method preferred |
1.3 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
0.690 |
| Perceived absence of malaria |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
0.076 |
| Afraid of smoke/fire damaging the net | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.141 |
Reasons reported for less than 1% of nets are not displayed.