Table 4 |
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Intervention effects by socio-economic status of respondents |
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Ma |
Low (0–1) |
Medium-low (2) |
Medium (3) |
High (4+) |
Test for interactionsc |
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(1) Comp. (n = 363) |
(2) Inter. (n = 492) |
(3) Comp. (n = 344) |
(4) Inter. (n = 433) |
(5) Comp. (n = 234) |
(6) Inter. (n = 369) |
(7) Comp. (n = 245) |
(8) Inter. (n = 506) |
(9) Test statistic |
(10) p |
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Knowledge of malaria |
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Mosquito bites cause malaria |
52.0% |
71.1% |
56.7% |
73.9% |
55.4% |
72.0% |
69.5% |
85.3% |
0.60 |
0.896 |
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Knowledge of nets and treatment |
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Familiar with mosquito nets |
86.3% |
95.0% |
92.6% |
95.3% |
94.5% |
95.6% |
95.3% |
96.8% |
6.92 |
0.074 |
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Ever heard of insecticide treatment |
6.9% |
42.2% |
11.6% |
47.9% |
17.7% |
56.4% |
25.7% |
63.2% |
5.63 |
0.131 |
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ITN kills or repels mosquitoes |
4.6% |
32.5% |
8.4% |
38.2% |
12.9% |
43.4% |
19.2% |
47.0% |
10.25 |
0.017 |
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Know that ITN needs re-treatment |
0.3% |
14.4% |
0.0% |
19.7% |
2.3% |
20.9% |
7.2% |
26.3% |
29.94 |
0.000 |
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No disadvantages to ITN |
3.1% |
17.3% |
4.9% |
25.6% |
11.0% |
31.6% |
13.8% |
27.8% |
12.22 |
0.007 |
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Ever heard of PowerNET |
4.9% |
63.7% |
6.4% |
65.8% |
9.7% |
69.2% |
25.0% |
76.4% |
18.84 |
0.000 |
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Ever heard of POWERCHEM |
0.0% |
16.0% |
0.6% |
19.0% |
1.4% |
23.3% |
5.0% |
29.4% |
16.22 |
0.001 |
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Access to mosquito nets |
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Access to mosquito nets (in minutes) |
282.76 |
132.49 |
216.73 |
138.10 |
198.85 |
147.47 |
171.93 |
107.90 |
8.85 |
0.000 |
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Access to nets in 15 minutes or less |
4.4% |
26.4% |
5.6% |
22.4% |
9.4% |
28.5% |
17.7% |
38.1% |
9.80 |
0.020 |
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Beliefs about malaria protection |
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One can protect oneself from malaria |
52.6% |
69.3% |
53.1% |
72.8% |
61.7% |
77.6% |
64.2% |
83.5% |
1.86 |
0.601 |
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One can protect by using a net |
11.4% |
34.9% |
12.8% |
34.8% |
20.5% |
35.8% |
30.6% |
44.9% |
12.98 |
0.005 |
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One can protect by using an ITN |
0.4% |
5.1% |
0.6% |
7.6% |
0.4% |
11.2% |
2.2% |
11.1% |
4.84 |
0.184 |
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Behaviour |
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Number of mosquito nets in household |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.10 |
0.23 |
0.22 |
0.42 |
0.57 |
0.88 |
6.86 |
0.000 |
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Number of ITNs owned by household |
0.07 |
0.10 |
0.03 |
0.15 |
0.04 |
0.27 |
0.05 |
0.51 |
27.48 |
0.000 |
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Ever had ITN in household |
0.0% |
6.8% |
0.0% |
12.0% |
2.0% |
21.0% |
4.3% |
26.8% |
12.25 |
0.007 |
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Ever bought PowerNET |
0.0% |
6.8% |
0.0% |
12.3% |
2.0% |
22.2% |
4.6% |
29.5% |
12.22 |
0.007 |
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Ever bought POWERCHEM |
0.0% |
1.9% |
0.0% |
4.6% |
0.4% |
9.4% |
1.7% |
11.1% |
5.66 |
0.129 |
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Usually sleeps under a net |
1.1% |
6.9% |
2.1% |
9.5% |
7.6% |
20.2% |
17.9% |
30.4% |
7.76 |
0.051 |
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a Means and proportions adjusted for age of respondent, sex of respondent, urban/rural residence; education, marital status, and number of children. b Not adjusted for marital status (divorced/separated/windowed). c Test statistic depends on whether adjusted mean or adjusted proportion was estimated: for adjusted means the test statistics used an F-test was used with 7 and 2971 df for the between group differences and with 3 and 2971 df for the interaction effects, for adjusted proportions a likelihood ratio test was used following a χ2 distribution with 7 df for the between group differences and 3 df for the interaction effect. |
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Agha et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:13 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-13 |
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