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Table 1 Households' (HHs) bed nets possession by study areas

From: Free distribution of insecticidal bed nets improves possession and preferential use by households and is equitable: findings from two cross-sectional surveys in thirteen malaria endemic districts of Bangladesh

 

South-eastern districts

North-eastern districts

χ2 value

(95% CI)

2008

2011

2008

2011

a

b

c

d

a vs b

c vs d

% HHs with at least

one bed net

90.2

97.9

90.5

95.9

160.7

(159.1-162.3)

73.7

(73.1-74.3)

% HHs with at least

one LLIN

59.5

67.2

21.8

62.0

30.4

(30.2-30.6)

891.2

(879.2-903.3)

% HHs with at least

one ITN

29.8

35.1

0.4

33.6

14.8

(14.7-14.9)

869.2

(857.6-881.1)

% HHs with at least

one LLIN/ITN

64.3

76.0

21.9

74.4

79.1

(78.4-79.8)

1551.9

(1529.3-1574.8)

Mean No. of LLIN/ITN

per household

1.0

1.83

0.2

1.69

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N

1,701

3,724

2,059

4,171