Research Article
Use of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net among Pregnant Women and Guardians of Children under Five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Table 3
Bednet ownership and utilization.
| Characteristics | Description | Frequency | Percentage |
| Do you have a bednet in your household? | No | 896 | 18.4 | Yes | 3985 | 81.6 |
| How many bednet do you have in the household? | 1 | 953 | 24.3 | 2 | 1231 | 31.4 | 3 | 1018 | 25.9 | 4+ | 721 | 18.4 |
| Did you use the bednet last night? | No | 1023 | 21.6 | Yes | 3710 | 78.4 |
| How often do you use it a week? | Everyday | 3722 | 73.7 | 2 | 181 | 3.6 | 3 | 282 | 5.6 | Never | 862 | 17.1 |
| Have you ever bought a bednet | No | 4468 | 88.3 | Yes | 590 | 11.7 |
| How much it cost you the last time you bought one? | 2.0 (sd: 720) | ā | ā |
| Would you prefer the bednet you bought over the one you received for free | No | 3638 | 72.1 | Yes | 1406 | 27.9 |
| If you had money, will you buy a bednet? | No | 1793 | 35.4 | Yes | 3278 | 64.6 |
| Being counseled about bednet | No | 1117 | 22.4 | Yes | 3871 | 77.6 |
| Where did you get information about bednets | Health centers | 1520 | 40.4 | Radio | 779 | 20.7 | Church | 458 | 12.2 | CHW | 301 | 8.0 | TV | 225 | 6.3 | Neighbors | 193 | 5.1 | Family | 54 | 1.4 | Sellers | 79 | 2.1 | Others | 153 | 4.1 |
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