Malaria prevention in north-eastern Tanzania: patterns of expenditure and determinants of demand at the household level

Table 2 Expenditure and use of Malaria Prevention Measures

Prevention measure	Sample mean (US$)	% of respondents engaging in activity	Mean expenditure over 2 weeks (US$)	% of total expenditure over 2 weeks
Bed nets	6.96	0.68	0.18	43
Treatment of bed nets	0.74	0.27	0.02	4
Repair of bed nets	0.07	0.26	< 0.01	0
Aerosols	0.01	0.01	0.01	1
Coils	0.04	0.15	0.04	11
Clean environment	< 0.01	0.13	< 0.01	1
Clear vegetation	-	0.01	-	-
Eat/drink herbs	< 0.01	0.01	< 0.01	0
Spray	0.10	0.08	0.10	25
Repellents	0.06	0.05	0.06	14
Use smoke	-	0.02	-	-
Other	< 0.01	0.05	< 0.00	1
Total			0.41	100

1: Reference time frames are five years for nets; six months for treatment and repair of nets; and two weeks for the remaining prevention measures.

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