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Table 3 Population ITN use by 3 or more people by household access

From: The consequences of declining population access to insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) on net use patterns and physical degradation of nets after 22 months of ownership

 

Households with enough ITNs

Households without enough ITNs

Number of households with ITNs used previous night

1314

863

Number of nets found in households

5899

3288

Number of nets used by three or more people

519

824

% of nets used by 3 or more people (95% CI)

8.8% (95% CI: 8.0–9.7%)

25.1% (95% CI: 23.0–27.3%)

Age in years

n1

n2

Crowded**

(95% CI)

n1

n2

Crowded **

(95% CI)

Under 5

612

389

63.6 (59.7–67.3)

814

687

84.4 (81.8–86.8)

5–14

1446

441

30.5 (28.2–32.9)

1256

756

60.2 (57.4–62.8)

15–24

945

185

19.6 (17.2–22.2)

630

313

49.7 (45.8–53.6)

25–64

1880

539

28.7 (26.7–30.8)

1391

844

60.7 (58.1–63.2)

64+ 

331

34

10.3 (7.4–14.0)

155

38

24.5 (18.4–31.9)

 

5214

1588

30.5 (29.2–31.7)

4246

2638

62.1 (60.7–63.6)

  1. *Assuming each net is used by 2 people
  2. **Net use by 3 or more sleepers
  3. n1 Number of people who slept under net last night
  4. n2 Number of people who were crowded