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Table 3 Concentration indexes for comparison and intervention districts

From: The impact of a hybrid social marketing intervention on inequities in access, ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets

  (1) Comparison (2) Intervention (3) Difference (4) ta (5) p
Knowledge of malaria      
   Mosquito bites cause malaria 0.129 0.069 0.059 3.51 0.009
Knowledge of nets and treatment      
   Familiar with mosquito nets 0.050 0.013 0.037 5.03 0.002
   Ever heard of insecticide treatment 0.366 0.131 0.235 6.54 0.001
   ITN kills or repels mosquitoes 0.376 0.129 0.247 5.80 0.002
   Know that ITN needs re-treatment 0.675 0.182 0.493 8.92 0.000
   No disadvantages to ITN 0.388 0.144 0.243 4.73 0.005
   Ever heard of PowerNET 0.483 0.084 0.399 10.92 0.001
   Ever heard of POWERCHEM 0.702 0.246 0.455 10.59 0.000
Access to mosquito nets      
   Access to mosquito nets (in minutes) -0.151 -0.132 -0.019 -0.77 0.768
   Access to nets in 15 minutes or less 0.423 0.166 0.257 5.28 0.003
Beliefs about malaria protection      
   One can protect oneself from malaria 0.108 0.068 0.041 2.41 0.030
   One can protect by using a net 0.332 0.126 0.205 5.76 0.001
   One can protect by using an ITN 0.549 0.279 0.270 2.23 0.056
Behaviour      
   Number of mosquito nets in household 0.637 0.434 0.203 7.05 0.000
   Number of ITNs owned by household 0.726 0.400 0.326 8.43 0.000
   Ever had ITN in household 0.709 0.339 0.370 8.95 0.000
   Ever bought PowerNET 0.721 0.359 0.362 9.75 0.000
   Ever bought POWERCHEM 0.749 0.399 0.350 6.52 0.000
   Usually sleeps under a net 0.608 0.374 0.234 5.80 0.001
  1. a: t-statistic with d f = 5 ( s c 2 + s i 2 ) 2 ( s c 2 ) 2 + ( s i 2 ) 2 − 2 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaacqWGKbazcqWGMbGzcqGH9aqpdaWcaaqaaiabiwda1maabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaakiabgUcaRiabdohaZnaaDaaaleaacqWGPbqAaeaacqaIYaGmaaaakiaawIcacaGLPaaadaahaaWcbeqaaiabikdaYaaaaOqaamaabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaaaOGaayjkaiaawMcaamaaCaaaleqabaGaeGOmaidaaOGaey4kaSYaaeWaaeaacqWGZbWCdaqhaaWcbaGaemyAaKgabaGaeGOmaidaaaGccaGLOaGaayzkaaWaaWbaaSqabeaacqaIYaGmaaaaaOGaeyOeI0IaeGOmaidaaa@4CCD@ , one-tailed.
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