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Table 1 Prevalence of sleeping under a mosquito net among adults across eight villages in rural Uganda

From: Social norms, misperceptions, and mosquito net use: a population-based, cross-sectional study in rural Uganda

Characteristics

n

%

% who sleep under a mosquito net every night

% who sleep under a mosquito net every night among people reporting at least one net in the household

Gender

 Male

913

54.7 

61.7

77.2 

 Female

756

45.3 

67.1

72.9

Age (years)

 Under 30 

694

42.0

65.3

74.1

 30–39 

330

20.0

67.6

77.2

 40–49 

266

16.1

69.6

77.4

 50–59

134

8.1

62.4

74.8

 60–69

97

5.9

57.3

73.3

 70–79

74

4.5

62.2

82.1

 80 or more

59

3.6

42.1

64.9

Marital status

 Married

961

57.6

64.6

67.7 

 Single/divorced/separated

707

42.4

53.8

80.2

Education

 No education

276

16.9

56.6

73.7

 Primary

847

51.7

64.6

75.2

 Secondary

405

24.7

67.7

74.1

 Postgraduate

109

6.7

74.3

86.2

Household asset quintile

 Lowest

273

16.4

55.3

73.3 

 2nd

316

18.9

64.2

74.4

 3rd

327

19.6

70.8

80.4

 4th

383

23.0

66.1

73.3

 Highest

370

22.2

65.0

75.0

Ratio of nets:people in the household

 0 nets

235

14.1

0

n/a

 < 0.5

291

17.4

54.5

54.5

 0.5 to < 1.0

437

26.2

73.2

 73.2

 1.0 or greater

706

42.3

85.1

 85.1