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Table 3 Concentration indexes for comparison and intervention districts

From: The impact of a hybrid social marketing intervention on inequities in access, ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets

 

(1) Comparison

(2) Intervention

(3) Difference

(4) ta

(5) p

Knowledge of malaria

     

   Mosquito bites cause malaria

0.129

0.069

0.059

3.51

0.009

Knowledge of nets and treatment

     

   Familiar with mosquito nets

0.050

0.013

0.037

5.03

0.002

   Ever heard of insecticide treatment

0.366

0.131

0.235

6.54

0.001

   ITN kills or repels mosquitoes

0.376

0.129

0.247

5.80

0.002

   Know that ITN needs re-treatment

0.675

0.182

0.493

8.92

0.000

   No disadvantages to ITN

0.388

0.144

0.243

4.73

0.005

   Ever heard of PowerNET

0.483

0.084

0.399

10.92

0.001

   Ever heard of POWERCHEM

0.702

0.246

0.455

10.59

0.000

Access to mosquito nets

     

   Access to mosquito nets (in minutes)

-0.151

-0.132

-0.019

-0.77

0.768

   Access to nets in 15 minutes or less

0.423

0.166

0.257

5.28

0.003

Beliefs about malaria protection

     

   One can protect oneself from malaria

0.108

0.068

0.041

2.41

0.030

   One can protect by using a net

0.332

0.126

0.205

5.76

0.001

   One can protect by using an ITN

0.549

0.279

0.270

2.23

0.056

Behaviour

     

   Number of mosquito nets in household

0.637

0.434

0.203

7.05

0.000

   Number of ITNs owned by household

0.726

0.400

0.326

8.43

0.000

   Ever had ITN in household

0.709

0.339

0.370

8.95

0.000

   Ever bought PowerNET

0.721

0.359

0.362

9.75

0.000

   Ever bought POWERCHEM

0.749

0.399

0.350

6.52

0.000

   Usually sleeps under a net

0.608

0.374

0.234

5.80

0.001

  1. a: t-statistic with d f = 5 ( s c 2 + s i 2 ) 2 ( s c 2 ) 2 + ( s i 2 ) 2 − 2 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaacqWGKbazcqWGMbGzcqGH9aqpdaWcaaqaaiabiwda1maabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaakiabgUcaRiabdohaZnaaDaaaleaacqWGPbqAaeaacqaIYaGmaaaakiaawIcacaGLPaaadaahaaWcbeqaaiabikdaYaaaaOqaamaabmaabaGaem4Cam3aa0baaSqaaiabdogaJbqaaiabikdaYaaaaOGaayjkaiaawMcaamaaCaaaleqabaGaeGOmaidaaOGaey4kaSYaaeWaaeaacqWGZbWCdaqhaaWcbaGaemyAaKgabaGaeGOmaidaaaGccaGLOaGaayzkaaWaaWbaaSqabeaacqaIYaGmaaaaaOGaeyOeI0IaeGOmaidaaa@4CCD@ , one-tailed.