Variables assessed | Response category | Percentage (N) |
---|---|---|
Whether participants believe their house let in mosquitoes | Yes | 98.5% (197) |
No | 1.5% (3) | |
How participants believed mosquitoes entered their houses | Through open doors | 28.5% (57) |
Through windows | 32.5% (65) | |
Through holes in the wall | 3.0% (6) | |
Through the eave space | 19.5% (39) | |
Through both open windows and doors | 13.5% (27) | |
Through open window doors, holes in walls and eaves | 2% (4) | |
Others | 1% (2) | |
Age of house (date of construction) | < 4 years ago | 36.5% (73) |
5–8 years ago | 26.5% (53) | |
> 9 years ago | 37.0% (74) | |
Main reasons for constructing the kind of house | Because it is permanent | 36.5% (73) |
Because it prevents animals from entering the house | 26.5% (53) | |
Because it prevents insects | 17.0% (34) | |
Others | 20.0% (40) | |
Whether people consider mosquito prevention as a key factor when constructing houses | Yes | 58.5% (117) |
No | 40.0% (80) | |
Does not know | 1.5% (3) | |
Specific practices considered by participants (during construction of their houses) for preventing mosquitoes | Netting on the window | 38.0% (76) |
Blocking the eaves | 8.0% (16) | |
Using bricks on the wall | 2.0% (4) | |
Using cement on the wall | 1 (2) | |
Does not know | 38.5% (77) | |
Others | 12.5% (25) | |
Whether participants knew open eave spaces let in mosquitoes | Yes | 96.0% (192) |
No | 4.0% (8) | |
Whether participants knew that surrounding environments influence vector densities in their houses | Yes | 97.0% (194) |
No | 3.0% (6) |