Table 1.
Background, Mosquito nets utilization and traditional practices of participants among households in BennaTsemay district, Southern Ethiopia, 2012
| Characteristics | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Family Education (n = 461) | ||
| Primary school attendance | 47 | 10.2 |
| No school attendance | 414 | 89.8 |
| Family marriage type (n = 461) | ||
| Polygamous | 248 | 53.8 |
| Not polygamous | 213 | 46.2 |
| Family’s housing type (n = 461) | ||
| thatched roof with wall | 303 | 65.7 |
| thatched roof without wall | 158 | 34.3 |
| HHs status (n = 461) | ||
| Model HH (trained for Health Extension Package) | 271 | 60.5 |
| Non model HH | 190 | 39.5 |
| Distance of HHs from Mosquito breeding site (n = 461) | ||
| Within three kilometres | 208 | 45.1 |
| Greater than three kilometres | 253 | 54.9 |
| Family Technological access (mobile phone, Radio) (n = 461) | ||
| Yes | 246 | 53.4 |
| Type of MN (observed) (n = 164) | ||
| LLITN (Permanet) | 152 | 92.7 |
| Other (Olyset, Safenite) | 12 | 7.3 |
| Participants’ MN condition (n = 461) | ||
| Safe MN (not torn) | 152 | 33 |
| Unsafe MN (torn) | 267 | 57.9 |
| No MN possessed | 42 | 9.1 |
| MNs over sleeping areas (hanged) (n = 419) | ||
| Yes | 196 | 46.8 |
| MNs used for other purposes (n-419) | ||
| Yes | 169 | 40.3 |
| Saving MN for later use (n = 419) | ||
| Yes | 146 | 34.8 |
| MN owned in use (n = 461) | ||
| All the time | 279 | 60.5 |
| Some times | 182 | 39.5 |
| Slept Under MN last night following survey day (419) | ||
| Yes | 165 | 39.4 |
| Boronge’ practice (n = 461) | ||
| Yes | 291 | 63.1 |
| Ara’ practice (n = 461) | ||
| Yes | 293 | 63.6 |
| Dugo’ house use(n = 461) | ||
| Yes | 278 | 60.3 |
| In the past 1 month, performed at least one traditional Practices (n = 461) | ||
| Yes | 307 | 66.6 |
Footnote: MN mosquito net, LLITN long lasting insecticide treated net, HH household