‘For the poor, sleep is leisure’: understanding perceptions, barriers and motivators to mosquito net care and repair in southern Tanzania

Table 2 Mosquito net assessment findings by In-Depth Interview participant groups and village

Village/participant group	Net type	Number of holes	Hole sizes^a	Hole location^b	Repair^c	Category^d
Kilimahewa (peri-urban)
Man	LLIN	3	3 × “Size 1”	Bottom	0	Good
Man	LLIN	3	3 × “Size 1”	Bottom	0	Good
Man	LLIN	36	17 × “Size 1”, 19 × “Size 2”	Top, bottom, roof	5	Damaged
Man	Unknown	31	16 × “Size 1”, 14 × “Size 2”, 1 × “Size 3”	Top, bottom	1	Damaged
Man	Untreated	3	3 × “Size 1”	Bottom	0	Good
Woman	LLIN	9	8 × “Size 1”, 1 × “Size 2”	Top, bottom	0	Good
Woman	LLIN	1	1 × “Size 2”	Bottom	0	Good
Woman	LLIN	1	1 × “Size 1”	Top	0	Good
Woman	LLIN	7	6 × “Size 1”, 1 × “Size 2”	Bottom	2	Good
Woman	LLIN	21	19 × “Size 1”, 2 × “Size 2”	Top, bottom	0	Damaged
Woman with under 5	Unknown	106	98 × “Size 1”, 8 × “Size 2”	Top, bottom, roof	2	Damaged
Woman with under 5	Untreated	4	2 × “Size 1”, 2 × “Size 2”	Bottom	0	Good
Woman with under 5	LLIN	2	2 × “Size 1”	Top, bottom	0	Good
Woman with under 5	LLIN	13	2 × “Size 1”, 10 × “Size 2”, 1 × “Size 3”	Bottom	0	Damaged
Woman with under 5	LLIN	4	1 × “Size 1”, 3 × “Size 2”	Top, bottom	2	Damaged
Makanjiro (rural)
Man	LLIN	4	2 × “Size 2”, 1 × “Size 3”, 1 × “Size 4”	Top, bottom	0	Too torn
Man	LLIN	12	12 × “Size 1”	Bottom	0	Good
Man	LLIN	21	8 × “Size 1”, 13 × “Size 2”	Bottom	5	Damaged
Man	LLIN	2	2 × “Size 1”	Bottom	1	Good
Man	LLIN	4	1 × “Size 1”, 1 × “Size 2”, 2 × “Size 3”	Top, bottom	0	Damaged
Woman	LLIN	0	–		0	Good
Woman	LLIN	0	–		0	Good

^aHole size categories based on the WHO guidelines [10]: “Size 1”: smaller than a thumb (0.5–2 cm), “Size 2”: larger than a thumb but smaller than a fist (2–10 cm), “Size 3”: larger than a fist but smaller than a head (10–25 cm) and “Size 4”: larger than a head (> 25 cm)
^bEach side panel split into top half and bottom half
^cNumber of holes repaired on the net. Type of repair varied as per Fig. 3 including sewing and knotting
^dPhysical damage categories based on total hole surface area [10]: Good: < 79 cm², Damaged: 80–789 cm² and Too Torn: > 790 cm²

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