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Table 6 Insecticide treated net ownership and usage, by country

From: The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Indicator

Adults

Angola

Mozambique

Zambia

Zimbabwea

Proportion of households that own at least one mosquito net, % (N)

65 (132)

87 (333)

96 (202)

49 (198)

Average number of nets owned per households, nets (N)

3.29 (86)

2.5 (289)

2.10 (194)

1.82 (98)

Average number of nets per household occupant, nets (N)b

0.44 (643)

0.95 (775)

0.65 (662)

0.44 (403)

Average time since households got their nets, months (N)

2.78 (86)

46 (422)c

8.80 (194)

47.74 (98)

Proportion who slept under a net out of all those own nets (household head only), % (N)

91 (86)

71 (289)

89 (194)

70 (98)

Proportion who slept under a bet net out of all respondents, % (N)

59 (132)

62 (333)

86 (202)

35 (198)

Proportion who think nets are effective, % (N)

98 (132)

96 (333)

98 (202)

100 (98)

General bed net condition, N

86

289

194

98

 Good (no holes), %

94

72

52

15

 Fair (no holes that fit torch battery), %

6

21

26

7

 Poor to unsafe (1 or more holes that fit a torch battery), %

0

6

22

78

  1. Questions on nets were only asked of household heads, except in Mozambique where all adult household members were asked
  2. aThe study area in Zimbabwe is targeted for IRS only, not LLINs
  3. bProportion of households with at least 1 net per 2 persons (universal access) could not be calculated due to limitations of the data
  4. cIn Mozambique, data were obtained for all nets