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Table 1 Characteristics of retail outlets identified in census (n = 821) and interviewed (n = 120)

From: A retail audit of mosquito control products in Busia County, western Kenya

1. Type of outlet

2. Total outlets identified in study area

3. Study area outlets that currently stocked MCPs

4. Interviewed outlets that currently stocked MCPs

5. Study area outlets that reported previously stocking MCPs

6. Interviewed outlets that reported previously stocking MCPs

7. Total interviewed (4 + 6)

 

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Duka

545

202 (37.1)

39 (19.3)

70 (12.8)

39 (55.7)

78 (14.3)

Supermarket

19

13 (68.4)

12 (92.3)

3 (15.8)

2 (66.7)

14 (73.7)

Pharmacy

46

27 (58.7)

5 (18.5)

2 (4.4)b

6b

11 (23.9)

Hawker

88

15 (17.1)

4 (26.7)

7 (8.0)

4 (57.1)

8 (9.1)

Market stall

72

3 (4.2)

0 (0.0)

5 (6.9)

4 (80.0)

4 (5.6)

Agrovet

18

4 (22.2)

2 (50.0)

1 (5.6)b

2b

4 (22.2)

Othera

33

2 (6.1)

1 (50.0)

1 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.0)

Total

821

266 (32.4)

63 (23.7)

89 (10.8)

57 (64.0)

120 (14.6)

  1. a Wholesaler, boutique, electronic shop, hotel, kiosk, salon, shoe store, tailor store, utensils store, welding store, barber shop, movie hall, mobile telephone handset shop
  2. bNumbers interviewed are greater than numbers mapped for pharmacy and agrovet due to misclassification of outlets during initial mapping as currently or previously stocked