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households owned 1.3 nets per households compared to 1.1 nets per unaffected household. Differencesin mean number of bednets owned by affected and unaffected households in urban areas and overallwere not statistically significant.Figure 14.7c Household ownership of at least one insecticide treated mosquitobednet (ITN), by rural/urban residence, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.60Percent of Housholds with 1 or more ITN (%)402043.944.9 44.10Rural Urban TotalOwns 1 or more ITNFigure 14.7c Household ownership of one or more ITNs was similar between ruraland urban households.An insecticide treated bednet (ITN) was defined as a pre‐treated bednet or a bednet that had beentreated within the household during the six months prior to the survey. Overall, 44.1% of householdsnationwide owned at least one ITN. While the percent of urban households owning any bednet wasgreater than the percent of rural household owning any bednet, no significant differences wereobserved between rural and urban households for ownership of ITNs. This is likely because a greaterpercentage of nets owned by rural households (76.9%) were treated with insecticide compared to netsowned by urban households (58.5%). <strong>KAIS</strong> results also indicate that 53.0% of households with achild under the age of 5 years owned at least one insecticide treated net (ITN). ITN ownership wassimilar between HIV‐affected and HIV‐unaffected households in both rural and urban areas.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 258

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