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Table 2 Percentages of households reporting possession of at least one ITN and use of ITNs by the surveyed child in the previous 24 hours by district and wealth quintile

From: Distance to health services influences insecticide-treated net possession and use among six to 59 month-old children in Malawi

 

Possesses ≥ 1 ITN

Child Slept Under ITN

No.

%

No.

%

All Districts

5738

75.8%

5195

69.5%

District

    

   Phalombe

768

82.6%

688

74.5%

   Blantyre

338

65.0%

281

54.2%

   Chiradzulu

492

66.8%

332

45.1%

   Mwanza

800

76.0%

724

68.8%

   Lilongwe

573

72.3%

499

63.6%

   Rumphi

840

72.2%

803

69.7%

   Nkhotakhota

919

77.2%

868

73.1%

   Karonga

1008

85.3%

1000

88.1%

SES Quintile

    

   1 (lowest)

1239

70.4%

1127

64.1%

   2

1249

75.2%

1144

68.8%

   3

1188

78.5%

1099

72.6%

   4

1060

76.2%

948

68.1%

   5 (highest)

1002

80.7%

941

75.8%