Table 4.
Perceptions and opinions of community members and their willingness to use or pay for interventions targeting swarms
| Variables assessed | Category | Percentage (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Whether respondents thought swarms should be prevented (n = 307) | Yes | 83.1 (255) |
| No | 16.9 (52) | |
| Whether respondents thought swarms can actually be prevented (n = 307) | Yes | 61.9 (190) |
| No/don’t know | 39.1 (117) | |
| Methods community members suggested for preventing swarms (n = 190) | Insecticide-sprays | 52.0 (99) |
| Cleaning environment | 34.7 (66) | |
| Using mosquito traps | 13.3 (25) | |
| Willingness by respondents to use special techniques for killing mosquito swarms (n = 307) | Yes | 97.4 (299) |
| No | 2.6 (8) | |
| Amount that respondents are willing to pay for swarm-targeting interventions per year (n = 299) | 0 | 9.7 (29) |
| 2000–5000 (0.9–2.3 USD) | 73.9 (221) | |
| 6000–10,000 (2.7–4.5 USD) | 9.7 (29) | |
| Depends on proven effectiveness | 6.7 (20) |