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Table 2 IRS and ITN coverage by household background characteristics

From: A cross-sectional analysis of ITN and IRS coverage in Namibia in 2013

Household characteristics

IRS in previous 12 months

p-value

ITN ownership

p-value

ITN and/or IRS

p-value

ITN and IRS

p-value

No

Yes

Don’t know

No ITN

At least one ITN

None

ITN and/or IRS

One or no interventions

Both ITN and IRS

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Residence type

 Urban

4433 (93.1)

214 (4.5)

113 (2.4)

< 0.001

4017 (84.3)

746 (15.7)

< 0.001

3782 (81.4)

865 (18.6)

< 0.001

4566 (98.3)

81 (1.7)

< 0.001

 Rural

3488 (68.6)

1462 (28.8)

132 (2.6)

 

3456 (68.0)

1627 (32.0)

 

2588 (52.3)

2362 (47.7)

 

4257 (86.0)

693 (14.0)

 

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

1107 (65.3)

561 (33.1)

28 (1.7)

< 0.001

1145 (67.5)

551 (32.5)

< 0.001

808 (48.4)

860 (51.6)

< 0.001

1426 (85.5)

242 (14.5)

< 0.001

 Second

1440 (74.1)

452 (23.3)

52 (2.7)

 

1388 (71.4)

557 (28.6)

 

1114 (58.9)

778 (41.1)

 

1668 (88.2)

224 (11.8)

 

 Middle

1634 (81.2)

327 (16.3)

51 (2.5)

 

1470 (73.1)

542 (26.9)

 

1265 (64.5)

696 (35.5)

 

1797 (91.6)

164 (8.4)

 

 Fourth

1873 (86.1)

227 (10.4)

76 (3.5)

 

1727 (79.3)

451 (20.7)

 

1544 (73.5)

556 (26.5)

 

1993 (94.9)

107 (5.1)

 

 Highest

1867 (92.7)

109 (5.4)

38 (1.9)

 

1743 (86.5)

272 (13.5)

 

1639 (83.0)

337 (17.1)

 

1939 (98.1)

37 (1.9)

 

Regional PfPR2–10 (%)

 < 1

3341 (96.4)

41 (1.2)

82 (2.4)

< 0.001

3254 (93.9)

213 (6.1)

< 0.001

3141 (92.9)

241 (7.1)

< 0.001

3374 (99.8)

8 (0.2)

< 0.001

 1 to < 5

1137 (79.4)

270 (18.9)

25 (1.8)

 

870 (60.8)

562 (39.3)

 

778 (55.3)

629 (44.7)

 

1213 (86.2)

194 (13.8)

 

 > 5

3443 (69.6)

1365 (27.6)

138 (2.8)

 

3349 (67.7)

1598 (32.3)

 

2451 (51.0)

2357 (49.0)

 

4236 (88.1)

572 (11.9)

 

EA PfPR2–10 (%)

 < 1

3959 (94.7)

122 (2.9)

100 (2.4)

< 0.001

3811 (91.1)

373 (8.9)

< 0.001

3639 (89.2)

442 (10.8)

< 0.001

4039 (99.0)

42 (1.0)

< 0.001

 1 to < 5

721 (66.6)

327 (30.2)

34 (3.1)

 

560 (51.8)

522 (48.2)

 

422 (40.3)

626 (59.7)

 

837 (79.9)

211 (20.1)

 

 > 5

3241 (70.8)

1227 (26.8)

111 (2.4)

 

3102 (67.7)

1478 (32.3)

 

2309 (51.7)

2159 (48.3)

 

3947 (88.3)

521 (11.7

 

MSP zones

 3

3459 (96.5)

43 (1.2)

83 (2.3)

< 0.001

3363 (93.7)

225 (6.3)

< 0.001

3249 (92.8)

253 (7.2)

< 0.001

3493 (99.7)

9 (0.3)

< 0.001

 2

1703 (83.8)

282 (13.9)

48 (2.4)

 

1629 (80.1)

404 (19.9)

 

1392 (70.1)

593 (29.9)

 

1869 (95.5)

89 (4.5)

 

 1

2759 (65.3)

1351 (32.0)

114 (2.7)

 

2481 (58.7)

1744 (41.3)

 

1729 (42.1)

2381 (57.9)

 

3434 (83.6)

676 (16.5)

 

Total

7921 (80.5)

1676 (17.0)

245 (2.5)

 

7473 (75.9)

2373 (24.1)

 

6370 (66.4)

3227 (33.6)

 

8823 (91.9)

774 (8.1)

 
  1. IRS, indoor residual spraying; ITN, insecticide-treated net; PfPR2–10, Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate in ages 2–10 years; EA, enumeration area; MSP, Malaria Strategic Plan
  2. p-value corresponds to Chi squared test