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Table 1 Key indicators of mosquito net ownership

From: Ownership and usage of mosquito nets after four years of large-scale free distribution in Papua New Guinea

Background characteristics

Households with at least one net

Average number of nets per household

Average number of household members per net

Households with at least one LLIN

Average number of LLINs per household

Average number of household members per LLIN

Number of households

 

% (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

 

region

       

Southern

79.8 (63.0-90.2)

2.2 (1.9-2.6)

2.7 (2.3-3.0)

64.5 (42.4-81.7)

1.6 (1.1-2.2)

3.0 (2.8-3.2)

528

Highlands

70.7 (60.1-79.4)

1.3 (0.9-1.7)

3.4 (2.7-4.1)

56.3 (37.2-73.7)

1.0 (0.5-1.5)

3.6 (2.5-4.7)

386

Momase

95.0 (88.5-97.9)

2.0 (1.9-2.2)

2.8 (2.6-3.0)

68.7 (48.0-83.8)

1.2 (0.9-1.6)

3.5 (3.2-3.9)

472

Islands

78.1 (70.2-84.4)

1.7 (1.4-1.9)

3.2 (2.9-3.5)

70.2 (61.9-77.4)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

3.4 (3.0-3.8)

572

P-value

0.003*

0.008§

0.084§

0.529*

0. 319§

0.044§

 

Total

80.1 (75.1-84.3)

1.8 (1.6-1.9)

3.0 (2.8-3.3)

64.6 (55.5-72.7)

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

3.4 (3.1-3.7)

1958

  1. Based on weighted analysis of country-wide post-distribution survey data.