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Table 2 Information regarding getting and distributing repellent obtained from Household and Distributor Surveys

From: Assuring access to topical mosquito repellents within an intensive distribution scheme: a case study in a remote province of Cambodia

Information regarding users, N = 2303

n

%

Knowing repellents distributors: Yes

2287

99.3

Possibility of reaching distributors’ houses in rainy season by motorbike

2287

 

 Possible

2116

92.5

 Travel duration (among “Possible”):

2116

 

 <30 min

1821

86.1

 ≥30 min

295

13.9

Possibility of reaching distributors’ houses in rainy season by boat

2287

 

 Possible

112

4.9

 Travel duration (among “Possible”):

112

 

 <30 min

47

42.0

 ≥30 min

65

58.0

How to get repellent from distributor

 Distributor always went to my house

1316

57.1

 I always went to distributor’s house

392

17.0

 Distributor went to my house or I went to his/her house

538

23.4

 Others

57

2.5

Information regarding distributors, N = 135

n

%

Number of households responsible: Median = 39, Q1 = 33, Q3 = 45.5

Distributors having households staying at farm

68

50.4

 % families staying at farm: Median = 25.5 %, Q1 = 10 %, Q3 = 68.6 %

  

 Are the families at farm clustered?

125

 

  Clustered

12

9.6

  Not clustered

84

67.2

  Some clustered, some not

29

23.2

Transportations owned by distributor: (A distributor might own more than one item)

  

 Motorbike

107

79.3

 Boat

7

5.2

 Bicycle

15

11.1

 None

25

18.5

Distributors had no transportation and had households staying at farms

25

 

 Yes

23

92.0

Those having no transportation, how to distribute repellents to far households

23

 

 Borrowing transport

14

60.8

 Other

9

39.2

Possibility of visiting houses at farm in rainy season: (among those having households staying at farm), N = 125

 Possible

83

66.4

 Not possible

12

9.6

 Some possible, some not

28

22.4

 Don’t know

2

1.6

Duration to the furthest reachable houses: (among “Possible” and “Some possible, some not”), N = 111

 <30 min

7

6.3

 30–60 min

44

39.6

 >60 min

58

52.3

Duration to the most difficult reachable houses: (among “Possible” and “Some possible, some not”), N = 111

 ≥30 min

110

99.1

How to distribute repellent

 I always went to users’ houses

86

63.7

 Users always went to my house

1

0.7

 Users went to my house or I go to their houses

47

34.8

 I distributed to people in the village only

1

0.7