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Table 5 Most important reason for refusing IRS provided by one resident of 324 of 632 houses that would not allow IRS application. Only the first, unprompted reason was considered

From: Implementation and acceptance of government-sponsored malaria control interventions in Meghalaya, India

Reason for refusal of IRS

WKH (n = 8)

WJH (n = 227)

SGH (n = 89)

Total no. (%) responses

No adult present during the visit

3

67

24

94 (29.0)

No time to rearrange HH items

–

35

8

43 (13.3)

Presence of children < 2 years old

–

30

2

32 (9.9)

Dislikes smell of DDT

2

8

21

31 (9.6)

Stains walls or harms wall paint

–

18

20

38 (11.7)

Effects on livestock or insect rearing

3

11

–

14 (4.3)

Presence of person with illness

–

10

1

11 (3.4)

Never previously done or explained

–

15

1

16 (4.9)

Not needed or useful

–

5

2

7 (2.2)

Other

–

4

1

5 (1.5)

No particular reasons/does not want

–

24

9

33 (10.2)