Table 1.

Baseline perceptions on malaria and repellents

	Repellent n (%)	Placebo n (%)	Totals n (%)	P- value
What is malaria
Disease	285 (93.44%)	270 (95.07%)	555 (94.23%)	0.397
Don’t know	20 (6.56%)	14 (4.93%)	34 (5.77%)
Causes of malaria
Mosquitoes	302 (99.01%)	280 (98.59%)	582 (98.81%)	0.634
Other	3 (0.99%)	4 (1.41%)	7 (1.19%)
Knowledge of malaria prevention methods				0.664
Bed nets	286 (94.38%)	271 (95.42%)	557 (94.89%)
Environmental management	7 (2.31%)	3 (1.05%)	10 (1.70%)
Going to hospitals	4 (1.32%)	2 (0.70%)	6 (1.02%)
Using repellents	1 (0.33%)	1 (0.35%)	2 (0.34%)
Don’t know	5 (1.65%)	7 (2.46%)	12 (2.04%)
Knowledge of mosquito breeding site				0.998
Water puddle	291 (95.40%)	270 (95.40%)	561 (95.41%)
Other	14 (4.60%)	13 (4.60%)	27 (4.59%)
Protection methods used
Bed nets	294 (95.14%)	277 (96.85%)	571 (95.97%)	0.600
Mosquito coils	3 (0.97%)	3 (1.04%)	6 (1.01%)
Environmental management	7 (2.26%)	5 (1.74%)	12 (2.02%)
Covering oneself	4 (1.29%)	1 (0.34%)	6 (0.84%)
Using repellents	1 (0.32%)	-	1 (0.17%)
Reasons for using protection methods
Effective	174 (56.31%)	154 (54.03%)	328 (55.22%)	0.008
Readily available	34 (11.00%)	22 (7.71%)	56 (9.34%)
Cheap	23 (7.44%)	8 (2.80%)	31 (5.22%)
Easy to use	76 (24.59%)	100 (35.08%)	176 (29.63%)
Other	2 (0.64%)	1 (0.35%)	3 (0.51%)
Reasons for not using repellents
Don’t understand use	139 (45.27%)	118 (41.40%)	257 (43.41%)	0.057
Not aware of repellents	38 (12.37%)	28 (9.82%)	66 (11.15%)
Not available	109 (35.50%)	115 (40.35%)	224 (37.84%)
Expensive	16 (5.21%)	24 (8.42%)	40 (6.76%)
Other	5 (1.62%)	-	5 (0.84%)
Willingness to use repellents
Yes	309 (99.67%)	286 (100%)	595 (99.83%)	0.336
No	1 (0.32%)	-	1 (0.17%)