Table 2

Awareness, ownership, and use of nets and ITNs, by country and year

NIGERIA
 SENEGAL
 ZAMBIA
 UGANDA


2000
 2004
 2000
 2004
 2000
 2004
 2000
 2006
% respondents aware of treated nets
 7.3
 60.3
 70.0
 97.3
 50.7
 88.3
 23.2
 97.6
N
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2122
% HH owning a net
 12.0
 26.7
 33.6
 56.1
 26.5
 50.0
 30.4
 44.4
Average number of nets owned
 1.3
 1.7
 2.1
 2.8
 1.4
 1.8
 1.6
 1.6
% HH owning ever-treated net
 0.0
 9.8
 11.0
 42.8
 9.5
 40.3
 2.3
 24.1
% HH owning currently-treated net (ITN)
 0.0
 8.9
 8.2
 38.7
 5.5
 34.6
 1.4
 20.9
% HH owning a baby net (non-hanging)
 *
 39.9
 *
 9.5
 *
 1.4
 *
 1.0
N
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2000
 1000
 2122
% of nets never treated
 99.4
 70.0
 69.8
 49.0
 64.2
 20.0
 92.3
 52.0
% nets ever treated
 0.6
 30.5
 30.2
 72.9
 35.8
 80.3
 7.7
 48.1
% ITNs (treated within 12 months)
 0.0
 27.1
 23.4
 65.0
 21.5
 65.6
 4.6
 40.4
N
 159
 856
 649
 2579
 363
 1734
 586
 1734
% children < 5 slept under a net last night
 8.8
 §10.3
 17.7
 35.4
 11.9
 24.6
 20.5
 29.6
% children < 5 slept under a net or a baby net last night
 *
 17.9
 *
 37.6
 *
 24.7
 *
 *
% children < 5 slept under an ITN last night
 0.0
 3.3
 4.6
 23.9
 2.4
 16.9
 1.2
 13.5
N
 1402
 3054
 1811
 4116
 1470
 2862
 1361
 3124
% pregnant women sleeping under a net
 7.3
 14.1
 21.7
 41.7
 3.9
 21.5
 17.3
 29.4
% pregnant women sleeping under an ITN
 0
 4.4
 5.0
 31.0
 0
 13.5
 1.3
 13.3
N
 96
 249
 120
 290
 76
 237
 130
 362

* Data not collected

§ This is the only increase that is not statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level; in this case p = 0.07

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