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presented in this section include only participants living outside of Nairobi, which is consistentwith methods used in other national surveys, including the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Kenya</strong> Malaria IndicatorSurvey.The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> findings on household‐level ownership of bednets are presented inChapter 14.Figure 11.6a Bednet usage among adults aged 15-64 years by HIV status and knowledgeof HIV status, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Figure 11.6a HIV-infected adults were significantly more likely to sleep under abednet than HIV-uninfected adults. Use of insecticide treated nets was only half ascommon as use of any bednet.Analyses of bednet use were restricted to individuals living in households outside of Nairobi.Overall, 38.0% of adults slept under a bednet the night before the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> interview. Bednet usewas significantly higher among HIV‐infected adults (45.3%) compared to uninfected adults(37.5%), and marginally higher among those aware of their HIV status (54.2%) compared to thosewho were unaware of their HIV status (43.6%). The percent of adults who reported using ITNswas lower to the percent of adults who used any mosquito net use; 17.5% of all adults slept underan ITN the night before the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> interview. Use of ITN was marginally higher among HIVinfectedadults (20.2%) compared to HIV‐uninfected adults (16.9%), and ITN use did not differsignificantly between HIV‐infected persons aware of their HIV status (19.2%) compared withHIV‐infected persons who were unaware of their HIV status (20.4%).<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 210

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