Factors Associated with Larval Control Practices in a Dengue Outbreak Prone Area

Table 2

Mean knowledge score and percentage of respondents reported personal adult mosquitoes control and larval control practices.

	Frequency	%	Mean	SD
Knowledge on Aedes mosquitoes (score 0 to 7)			5.69	1.28
Knowledge on dengue transmission (score 0 to 8)			4.59	1.93
Knowledge of dengue symptoms (score 0 to 20)			12.03	4.00
Knowledge on personal preventive measures (score 0 to 7)			5.52	1.49
Attitude towards personal preventive measures (score 8 to 40)			32.50	5.87
Use of mosquitoes aerosol
Never	47	14.6
Few or sometimes	154	47.8
Most of the time and always	121	37.6
Use mosquitoes coils
Never	128	39.8
Few or sometimes	119	37.0
Most of the time and always	75	23.3
Use bed nets
Never	240	74.5
Few or sometimes	52	16.1
Most of the time and always	30	9.3
Join the campaign
Never	119	37.0
Few or sometimes	142	44.1
Most of the time and always	61	18.9
Level of practice of larval control
Poor (score of 15 and below)	215	66.8
Good (score of 16 and above)	107	33.2