Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

Tables 13.3 and 13.4 show the percentages of all women and pregnant women, respectively,
in all households who slept under a mosquito net (treated or untreated) the night before the survey,
and the proportions of women and pregnant women in households that own at least one ITN who slept
under an ITN the night before the survey, by background characteristics. The results show some
differences between all women and pregnant women in the use of nets. Overall, 39 percent of all
women and 45 percent of pregnant women slept under any net the night before the interview; 37
percent and 43 percent, respectively, slept under an ever-treated net, and 34 percent and 41 percent,
respectively, slept under an ITN. As with children under age 5, in households that own at least one
ITN, a substantially larger proportion of women slept under an ITN the night before the survey (77
percent of all women and 84 percent of pregnant women).
Table 13.4 Use of mosquito nets by pregnant women
Among pregnant women age 15-49 in all households, the percentages who slept the night before the survey under a
mosquito net (treated or untreated), under an ever-treated mosquito net, and under an insecticide-treated net (ITN),
and among pregnant women age 15-49 in households with at least one ITN, the percentage who slept the night before
the survey under an ITN, by background characteristics, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
Slept under
any net last
night
Pregnant women age 15-49 in all households
Percentage who:
Slept under an
ever- treated
net last night 1
Slept under
ITN last night 2
Number of
women
Pregnant women age 15-49
in households with ITN 2
Percentage
who slept
under an ITN
last night2 Number of
women
Residence
Urban 59.2 52.5 49.6 233 81.8 141
Rural
District
40.3 39.7 37.7 676 85.7 298
Aileu 56.7 56.7 56.7 30 (88.9) 19
Ainaro 20.7 16.2 15.2 55 * 10
Baucau 33.0 33.0 31.1 89 * 28
Bobonaro 59.2 54.9 49.0 73 (94.7) 38
Covalima 60.4 59.2 58.1 46 (88.3) 30
Dili 60.7 52.6 50.3 156 80.1 98
Ermera 23.5 23.5 23.5 107 (84.0) 30
Lautem 48.5 48.5 45.7 76 75.8 46
Liquiçá 40.8 40.8 38.5 57 (94.4) 23
Manatutu 64.6 64.6 60.5 42 94.7 27
Manufahi 25.7 25.7 20.0 42 * 11
Oecussi 43.2 42.4 40.8 64 (66.2) 40
Viqueque
Education
49.5 49.5 48.1 73 (88.4) 40
No education 28.6 27.4 25.7 266 74.0 92
Primary 48.5 46.6 45.9 238 88.5 124
Secondary 53.5 50.4 46.8 370 85.4 203
More than secondary
Wealth quintile
(58.2) (58.2) (56.4) 35 * 20
Lowest 27.5 27.0 27.0 164 77.2 58
Second 31.8 31.0 30.4 197 84.9 71
Middle 45.1 44.1 40.3 191 85.7 90
Fourth 62.2 61.3 58.6 175 90.7 113
Highest 58.9 51.5 47.6 182 80.4 108
Total 45.1 43.0 40.7 909 84.4 439
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer
than 25 cases and has been suppressed.
1 An ever-treated net is (1) a factory net that does not require any further treatment or (2) any pretreated net.
2 An insecticide treated net (ITN) is (1) a factory treated net that does not require any further treatment or (2) a
pretreated net obtained within the past 12 months.
Among all women, those living in urban areas (51 percent) are more likely to have slept under
a mosquito net the night before the survey than rural women (35 percent); the same pattern is seen for
pregnant women, although the proportions are higher (59 and 40 percent, respectively). As with
children, use of any mosquito net by all women is highest in Covalima (58 percent) and lowest in
Ainaro (19 percent), and a similar pattern is observed regarding the use of an ITN. Among pregnant
women, use is highest in Manatuto. Education is positively related to sleeping under a mosquito net,
with only 28 percent of women with no education sleeping under a net the night before the survey,
compared with 49 percent of women with more than secondary education. A similar pattern is seen
among pregnant women. Similarly, women in the higher wealth quintiles are most likely to have slept
under an ever-treated net or an ITN.
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