Table 3.
Prevalence of perceived norm accuracy about daily mosquito net use among adults in rural Uganda
| Respondent characteristics | Accurate perception: % who thought that daily mosquito net use was normative in the parish | Erroneous perception: % who thought that daily mosquito net use was not normative in the parish | Did not know perception: % who insisted on not knowing how often people in their parish sleep under a mosquito net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 67.6 | 23.8 | 8.6 |
| Female | 68.9 | 23.1 | 8.0 |
| Age (years) | |||
| Under 30 | 72.0 | 23.5 | 4.5 |
| 30–39 | 70.6 | 21.8 | 7.6 |
| 40–49 | 68.4 | 21.4 | 10.2 |
| 50–59 | 64.9 | 21.6 | 13.4 |
| 60–69 | 61.9 | 28.9 | 9.3 |
| 70–79 | 58.1 | 25.7 | 16.2 |
| 80 or more | 45.8 | 28.8 | 25.4 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 70.1 | 22.3 | 7.6 |
| Single/divorced/separated | 65.8 | 25.0 | 9.2 |
| Education | |||
| No education | 63.0 | 21.0 | 15.9 |
| Primary | 68.0 | 24.7 | 7.3 |
| Secondary | 72.1 | 22.5 | 5.4 |
| Postgraduate | 70.6 | 22.9 | 6.4 |
| Household asset quintile | |||
| Lowest | 61.5 | 24.9 | 13.6 |
| 2nd | 72.8 | 21.2 | 6.0 |
| 3rd | 68.2 | 23.9 | 8.0 |
| 4th | 69.5 | 23.5 | 7.0 |
| Highest | 68.4 | 23.8 | 7.8 |
| Ratio of nets:people in household | |||
| 0 nets | 55.3 | 24.3 | 20.4 |
| < 0.5 | 64.6 | 29.6 | 5.8 |
| 0.5 to < 1.0 | 72.3 | 21.1 | 6.6 |
| 1.0 or greater | 71.7 | 22.1 | 6.2 |
Daily mosquito net use among adults was normative if more than 50% of participants in the parish personally reported sleeping under a mosquito net seven nights per week