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

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Prevalence of perceived norm accuracy about daily mosquito net use among adults in rural Uganda

Respondent characteristics	Accurate perception: % who thought that daily mosquito net use was normative in the parish	Erroneous perception: % who thought that daily mosquito net use was not normative in the parish	Did not know perception: % who insisted on not knowing how often people in their parish sleep under a mosquito net
Gender
Male	67.6	23.8	8.6
Female	68.9	23.1	8.0
Age (years)
Under 30	72.0	23.5	4.5
30–39	70.6	21.8	7.6
40–49	68.4	21.4	10.2
50–59	64.9	21.6	13.4
60–69	61.9	28.9	9.3
70–79	58.1	25.7	16.2
80 or more	45.8	28.8	25.4
Marital status
Married	70.1	22.3	7.6
Single/divorced/separated	65.8	25.0	9.2
Education
No education	63.0	21.0	15.9
Primary	68.0	24.7	7.3
Secondary	72.1	22.5	5.4
Postgraduate	70.6	22.9	6.4
Household asset quintile
Lowest	61.5	24.9	13.6
2nd	72.8	21.2	6.0
3rd	68.2	23.9	8.0
4th	69.5	23.5	7.0
Highest	68.4	23.8	7.8
Ratio of nets:people in household
0 nets	55.3	24.3	20.4
< 0.5	64.6	29.6	5.8
0.5 to < 1.0	72.3	21.1	6.6
1.0 or greater	71.7	22.1	6.2

Daily mosquito net use among adults was normative if more than 50% of participants in the parish personally reported sleeping under a mosquito net seven nights per week

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