Table 1 Background, Mosquito nets utilization and traditional practices of participants among households in BennaTsemay district, Southern Ethiopia, 2012
Characteristics | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Family Education (n = 461) | ||
Primary school attendance | 47 | 10.2 |
No school attendance | 414 | 89.8 |
Family marriage type (n = 461) | ||
Polygamous | 248 | 53.8 |
Not polygamous | 213 | 46.2 |
Family’s housing type (n = 461) | ||
thatched roof with wall | 303 | 65.7 |
thatched roof without wall | 158 | 34.3 |
HHs status (n = 461) | ||
Model HH (trained for Health Extension Package) | 271 | 60.5 |
Non model HH | 190 | 39.5 |
Distance of HHs from Mosquito breeding site (n = 461) | ||
Within three kilometres | 208 | 45.1 |
Greater than three kilometres | 253 | 54.9 |
Family Technological access (mobile phone, Radio) (n = 461) | ||
Yes | 246 | 53.4 |
Type of MN (observed) (n = 164) | ||
LLITN (Permanet) | 152 | 92.7 |
Other (Olyset, Safenite) | 12 | 7.3 |
Participants’ MN condition (n = 461) | ||
Safe MN (not torn) | 152 | 33 |
Unsafe MN (torn) | 267 | 57.9 |
No MN possessed | 42 | 9.1 |
MNs over sleeping areas (hanged) (n = 419) | ||
Yes | 196 | 46.8 |
MNs used for other purposes (n-419) | ||
Yes | 169 | 40.3 |
Saving MN for later use (n = 419) | ||
Yes | 146 | 34.8 |
MN owned in use (n = 461) | ||
All the time | 279 | 60.5 |
Some times | 182 | 39.5 |
Slept Under MN last night following survey day (419) | ||
Yes | 165 | 39.4 |
Boronge’ practice (n = 461) | ||
Yes | 291 | 63.1 |
Ara’ practice (n = 461) | ||
Yes | 293 | 63.6 |
Dugo’ house use(n = 461) | ||
Yes | 278 | 60.3 |
In the past 1 month, performed at least one traditional Practices (n = 461) | ||
Yes | 307 | 66.6 |