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Table 4 Distribution (%) of under-fives (U5s), Women in Reproductive Age (WRAs) and pregnant women (PW) that slept under mosquito nets the night before survey

From: Household possession, use and non-use of treated or untreated mosquito nets in two ecologically diverse regions of Nigeria – Niger Delta and Sahel Savannah

 

Households

 

Niger Delta Region (NDR) No. (%)

Sahel Savannah Region (SSR) No. (%)

χ 2

P

OR (CI)

Total number of nets

305

120

   

Average number of nets per HH

1.4

0.55

   

Children under the age of five years

     

Total No. of under-fives

284

455

   

Slept under treated nets

174 (61.3)

125 (27.5)

82.90

0.000

4.2 (3.0; 5.8)

Slept under any nets

225 (79.2)

153 (33.6)

145.51

0.000

7.5 (5.3: 10.8)

Had fever 2 weeks prior to survey

66 (23.2)

129 (28.4)

2.35

0.130

0.8 (0.5:1.1)

Women in reproductive age (WRA)

     

Total No. of WRA's

244

341

   

Slept under treated nets

89 (36.5)

46 (13.5)

42.33

0.000

3.7 (2.4; 5.6)

Slept under any net

121 (49.6)

61 (17.9)

66.69

0.000

4.5 (3.1:6.7)

Pregnant Women (PW)

     

Total No. of PW

28

50

   

Slept under treated net

8 (28.6)

10 (20.0)

0.03

0.850

1.1 (0.3; 3.5)

Slept under any net

17 (60.7)

15 (30.0)

7.00

0.008

3.6 (1.2; 10.7)