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Table 3 Household bed net characteristics.

From: Is staying overnight in a farming hut a risk factor for malaria infection in a setting with insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Laos?

  

March (n = 528)

August (n = 560)

  

n

%

95% CIa

n

%

95% CIa

Place where any nets were used/not used the night before the survey

       
 

Placed in main residence and used

327

61.9

56.6, 67.2

163

29.1

22.1, 36.1

 

Placed in main residence but not usedb

65

12.3

4.3, 20.3

106

18.9

11.4, 26.4

 

Placed in farming hut and used

27

5.1

-3.2, 13.4

242

43.2

37.0, 49.4

 

Placed in farming hut but not usedb

109

20.6

13.0, 28.2

49

8.8

0.9, 16.7

Net type

       
 

Family

525

99.4

98.7, 100.0

557

99.5

98.9, 100.1

 

Double

2

0.4

-8.3, 9.1

2

0.4

-8.3, 9.1

 

Single

1

0.2

-8.6, 9.0

1

0.2

-8.6, 9.0

Insecticide treatment status

       
 

Treated

441

83.5

80.0, 87.0

524

93.6

91.5, 95.7

 

Not treated

35

6.6

-1.6, 14.8

12

2.1

-6.0, 10.2

 

Unknown

52

9.8

1.7, 17.9

24

4.3

-3.8, 12.4

Mean number of any nets per household (SD)

       
 

Main residence

3.1

(1.6)

2.8, 3.4

2.1

(1.6)

1.8, 2.4

 

Hut

1.1

(1.3)

0.9, 1.3

2.3

(1.7)

2.0, 2.6

 

Overall

4.2

(2.1)

3.8, 4.5

4.4

(1.9)

4.0, 4.7

Mean number of ITNs per household (SD)

       
 

Main residence

2.7

(1.7)

2.4, 3.0

2.0

(1.7)

1.7, 2.3

 

Hut

0.9

(1.2)

0.7, 1.1

2.1

(1.7)

1.8, 2.4

 

Overall

3.5

(2.3)

3.1, 3.9

4.1

(2.1)

3.7, 4.5

  1. a: 95% confidence interval for the estimated proportion or mean
  2. b: These unused nets included both hung and not hung nets.