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Table 3 Characteristics of bed nets in households stratified by Myanmar Artemisinin Containment Areas (MARC) and non-MARC areas of Myanmar, 2014

From: Assessment of household ownership of bed nets in areas with and without artemisinin resistance containment measures in Myanmar

  

Artemisinin resistance areas

P-value

Characteristics

Total

MARC

Non-MARC

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total bed nets

17 698

5446

12 252

 

Bed net type (N = 17 583)

 Non-LLIN

11 935 (67.9)

2861 (52.8)

9074 (74.6)

<  0.001

 LLIN

5648 (32.1)

2554 (47.2)

3094 (25.4)

Bed net size (N = 17 546)

 One person size

1780 (10.1)

391 (7.2)

1389 (11.5)

<  0.001

 One and half person size

739 (4.2)

151 (2.8)

588 (4.9)

 Two persons size

7552 (43.0)

3312 (61.2)

4240 (34.9)

 Family size

7475 (42.6)

1557 (28.8)

5918 (48.8)

Bed net condition (N = 17 216)

 Good (No. holes)

13 543 (78.7)

4441 (83.0)

9102 (76.7)

<  0.001

 Repaired (No. holes)

953 (5.5)

213 (4.0)

740 (6.2)

 Holes

2720 (15.8)

699 (13.1)

2021 (17.0)

Insecticide treatment status (N = 17 420)

 Untreated (Ordinary net)

8557 (49.1)

1949 (36.2)

6608 (54.9)

<  0.001

 LLIN

3934 (22.6)

2139 (39.7)

1795 (14.9)

 ITN

4929 (28.3)

1302 (24.2)

3627 (30.2)

Time since last insecticide treatmenta (N = 4755)

 Less than 6 months

1026 (21.6)

332 (26.4)

694 (19.9)

<  0.001

 6 months to 1 year

2036 (42.8)

424 (33.7)

1612 .1)

  > 1 year

1693 (35.6)

503 (40.0)

1190 (34.0)

  1. Missing omitted ITN - Insecticide treated bed nets, LLIN Long lasting insecticidal nets
  2. aOnly applicable to ITN