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Table 2 Numbers, percentages, and means (per village) of bed nets used for drying fish and fishing (n = 7) and their sources.

From: Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria

 

Number

%

Mean (SE)

Bed nets used for drying fish

   

   LLIN

239

84.5

34.1 (8.2)

   NLLIN

44

15.5

6.3 (1.8)

   Total

283

100.0

-

Bed nets used for fishing

   

   LLIN

68

94.4

9.7 (2.4)

   NLLIN

4

5.6

0.6 (0.3)

   Total

72

100.0

-

Source of bed nets

   

   NGOs or health facilities

239

84.5

34.1 (7.8)

   Stores

44

15.5

6.3 (2.2)

   Total

283

100.0

-

Year when bed nets were acquired

   

   2008

2

0.7

-

   2007

190

67.1

-

   2006

74

26.1

-

   2003, 2004 and 2005

17

6.0

-

   Total

283

100.0

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