Child bed net use before, during, and after a bed net distribution campaign in Bo, Sierra Leone

Ranasinghe, Shamika; Ansumana, Rashid; Bockarie, Alfred S.; Bangura, Umaru; Jimmy, David Henry; Stenger, David A.; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.

doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0990-y

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Factors associated with children less than 5 years old sleeping under a bed net before, during, and after the national LLIN distribution campaign in Bo, Sierra Leone

From: Child bed net use before, during, and after a bed net distribution campaign in Bo, Sierra Leone

Category	Characteristic		Proportion of children with characteristic	% with characteristic reported to have slept under a bed net last night			P-value for difference in bed net use pre- to post-campaign
Category	Characteristic		Proportion of children with characteristic	Pre-campaign	Mid-campaign	Post-campaign	P-value for difference in bed net use pre- to post-campaign
Total			100.0	38.7	21.8	75.3	<0.001
Demographics	Child’s age (months)	0–11	20.0	42.3	26.5	74.5	<0.001
		12–23	17.7	38.6	18.3	76.2	<0.001
		24–35	20.3	37.2	25.7	75.8	<0.001
		36–47	21.9	40.3	14.1	76.4	<0.001
		48–59	20.0	34.6	24.7	73.6	<0.001
	Child’s sex	Female	51.1	40.2	19.9	76.0	<0.001
	Child’s sex	Male	48.9	37.1	23.8	74.7	<0.001
Housing construction and utilities	Primary residential building material	Concrete blocks	33.6	41.9	24.0	78.6	<0.001
	Primary residential building material	Mud blocks or mud/sticks	66.4	37.7	19.2	73.1	<0.001
	Primary residential flooring material	Concrete or tile	85.6	38.3	21.8	77.2	<0.001
	Primary residential flooring material	Mud	14.4	40.9	19.2	55.6	0.010
	Electricity in the home	Yes	45.7	38.1	24.1	78.1	<0.001
	Electricity in the home	No	54.3	39.2	10.5	73.1	<0.001
	Approximate distance from drinking water source	<50 m	45.4	41.9	25.9	76.9	<0.001
	Approximate distance from drinking water source	≥50 m	54.6	40.2	19.7	71.9	<0.001
Household health behaviour	Household treats drinking water with chemicals or filters it	Yes	64.9	46.4	23.7	73.6	<0.001
		No	35.1	34.2	15.8	84.5	<0.001
	Child reported to have had measles vaccine	Yes	88.8	38.6	22.6	78.5	<0.001
	Child reported to have had measles vaccine	No	11.2	39.0	25.0	69.4	<0.001
	Child’s birthplace	Healthcare facility	79.2	42.2	22.3	74.0	<0.001
	Child’s birthplace	Home	20.8	32.0	20.5	91.7	<0.001

Italicized text indicates statistically significant results (p < 0.05)

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