Table 4 Coverage and households’ perception of indoor residual spraying in Jiga Yelmdar village, Jabi Tehnan District, north-western Ethiopia, January 2014
Characteristic | Category | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Heard about IRS (n = 352) | Yes | 350 (99.4) |
No | 2 (0.6) | |
Insecticide employed for IRS (n = 352) | DDT | 125 (35.5) |
Malathion | 1 (0.3) | |
Deltamethrin | 1 (0.3) | |
Other | 2 (0.6) | |
Do not know | 223 (63.4) | |
Part of the house for IRS (n = 352) | Surface of inner wall | 338 (96.0) |
Inner surface of the roof | 4 (1.1) | |
All parts | 8 (8) | |
Do not know | 2 (0.6) | |
Use of IRS (n = 352) | To kill mosquitoes | 236 (67.0) |
To kill other domestic insects | 38 (10.8) | |
To kill rodents | 1(0.3) | |
To control malaria | 75 (21.3) | |
Do not know | 2 (0.6) | |
House treated by IRS within past 12 months | Yes | 308 (87.5) |
No | 44 (12.5) | |
When was the last IRS (n = 308) | >3 months | 275 (89.3) |
>6 months | 34 (10.7) | |
Frequency of IRS (n = 322) | Once per year | 210 (65.2) |
After every six months | 105 (32.6) | |
After every three months | 4 (1.2) | |
Other | 1 (0.3) | |
Do not know | 2 (0.6) | |
Time of IRS | In the morning (06:00-12:00) | 91 (28.3) |
At mid day (12:00-13:00) | 114 (35.4) | |
Afternoon (13:00-18:00) | 104 (32.3) | |
Any time (06:00am-18:00) | 13 (4.0) | |
Wall plastered since last IRS (n = 316) | Yes | 29 (9.4) |
| Â | No | 279 (90.6) |