Table 6.
Practice of preventive measures in households having and not having bed nets
| Variables | N | Overall, N = 3101 | Presence of bed nets within the household | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, N = 1971 | No, N = 1131 | ||||
| What are the preventive measures for malaria you use in your house? | |||||
| Untreated bed nets | 77 (25.0%) | 77 (39.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | < 0.001 | |
| Insecticide-treated bed nets | 116 (37.7%) | 116 (59.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | < 0.001 | |
| Window nets | 84 (27.3%) | 55 (28.1%) | 29 (25.9%) | 0.7 | |
| Using insecticide based repellents sprays | 99 (32.1%) | 67 (34.2%) | 32 (28.6%) | 0.3 | |
| Cleaning of positive mosquitoes breeding and resting places | 98 (31.8%) | 60 (30.6%) | 38 (33.9%) | 0.5 | |
| Using mosquito coil/repellents | 132 (42.9%) | 89 (45.4%) | 43 (38.4%) | 0.2 | |
| Not using | 45 (14.6%) | 10 (5.1%) | 35 (31.2%) | < 0.001 | |
| Was your house sprayed with chemicals to protect your family from getting malaria in the last 12 months? (Yes) | 310 | 111 (35.8%) | 82 (41.6%) | 29 (25.7%) | 0.005 |
| If yes, were all room sprayed? (Yes) | 110 | 95 (86.4%) | 72 (88.9%) | 23 (79.3%) | 0.2 |
1Data were presented as n (%)
2Fisher’s exact test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test
Bold numbers in the p-value column mean they are statistically significant