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Table 1 Bed net ownership, bed net source and net use by children under five years, by date

From: Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net ownership and use among children under five years of age following a targeted distribution in central Uganda

Variable

2009 MIS central region

2011 central region survey

95% confidence interval (CI)

Household characteristics

n = 447

n = 458

Owns any nets

40.7

78.3

[71.8, 83.7]

Mean number nets per household

0.7

1.9

[1.7, 2.1]

Owns 1+ LLIN

22.1

69.2

[62.0, 75.6]

Mean number LLINs per household

0.4

1.5

[1.3, 1.7]

At least 1 ITN per 2 people

8.5

25.9

[20.8, 31.6]

All household members

n = 1,998

n = 2,300

Proportion of population with access to ITN in household*

3.6

22.1

[16.8, 28.5]

Bed net source

n = 304

n = 870

Government health facility

14.1

9.9

[6.0, 15.9]

Shop/open market/hawker

48.7

25.4

[19.5, 32.3]

Project/NGO/Church

24.0

3.4

[1.8, 6.1]

Campaign

2.4

58.6

[50.0, 66.7]

Other

6.1

2.5

[1.6, 3.8]

Don't know

4.8

0.3

[0.1, 1.1]

Children < five years old

n = 352

n = 426

Slept under any net

20.7

57.2

[48.9, 65.1]

Slept under LLIN

10.6

50.6

[43.9, 57.2]

  1. Note: CIs account for cluster survey design using Taylor series linearization.
  2. *Defined as the proportion of individuals who could have slept under an LLIN, assuming each LLIN is used by two people.