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Table 1 Characteristics of sample population

From: Factors associated with mosquito net use by individuals in households owning nets in Ethiopia

Characteristics

Baseline 2006

MIS 3R 2007

 

Amhara

Oromia

SNNP

Total

Amhara

Oromia

SNNP

Total

Number of clusters

160

32

32

224

108

97

40

245

Number of HHs surveyed

4,101

809

798

5,708

2,609

2,321

980

5,910

Number of HHs owning nets

1,688

366

414

2,468

1940

960

453

3,353

Proportion of HHs owning at least one net (%)

34.7

45.4

51.2

37.0

74.4

41.4

46.2

56.7

Number of participants

19,059

4,428

4,397

27,884

10,733

10,266

4,082

25,081

Number of participants in HHs owning nets

8,298

2,019

2,361

12,678

8,381

4,342

1,940

14,663

Proportion of participants using net last night:*

All ages

70.2

76.9

65.2

70.8

54.2

48.8

49.4

50.9

Children U5

77.9

81.9

75.1

78.4

63.4

56.4

56.2

58.7

Children age 5-14 years

63.8

74.6

51.3

64.2

46.1

41.5

34.2

41.7

Women age 15-49 years

75.3

78.8

71.7

75.5

62.7

55.5

55.1

58.1

Pregnant women

80.3

83.5

82.8

81.2

62.7

70.4

63.1

66.1

Persons age ≥ 50 years

78.8

81.7

81.4

79.4

59.7

53.7

69.2

59.1

Net density (average nets per person) in HHs owning nets

0.36

0.30

0.26

0.34

0.45

0.39

0.42

0.43

Net condition in HHs owning nets, assessed by proportion of HH with:

No good nets (0%)

3.4

33.6

14.0

9.7

19.3

34.9

30.0

25.3

Some good nets (1-99%)

3.2

4.4

3.4

3.4

11.7

9.3

9.1

10.7

All good nets (100%)

93.4

62.0

82.6

86.9

68.9

55.8

60.9

64.1

Net age in HH owning nets, assessed by proportion of HH with:

No nets > 12 m old (0%)

88.2

83.3

88.7

87.6

76.5

73.5

89.9

77.5

Some nets > 12 m old (1-99%)

3.4

0.6

0.7

2.6

7.6

3.1

6.0

6.1

All nets > 12 m old (100%)

8.4

16.1

10.6

9.9

15.8

23.4

4.2

16.4

  1. *Among those people living in a household with ≥ 1 net
  2. HHs households; LLIN long-lasting insecticidal net; m months