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Table 12.1 Household possession of mosquito nets<br />

Percentage of households with at least one mosquito net (treated or untreated), insecticide-treated net (ITN), and long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN); average number of<br />

nets, ITNs, and LLINs per household; and percentage of households with at least one net, ITN, and LLIN per two persons who stayed in the household last night, by<br />

background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

Characteristic<br />

Percentage of households with at<br />

least one mosquito net<br />

Any<br />

mosquito<br />

net<br />

Insecticidetreated<br />

mosquito<br />

net (ITN) 1<br />

Longlasting<br />

insecticidal<br />

net (LLIN)<br />

Average number of nets per<br />

household<br />

Any<br />

mosquito<br />

net<br />

Insecticidetreated<br />

mosquito<br />

net (ITN) 1<br />

Longlasting<br />

insecticidal<br />

net (LLIN)<br />

Number of<br />

households<br />

Percentage of households with at<br />

least one net for every two persons<br />

who stayed in the household last night<br />

Any<br />

mosquito<br />

net<br />

Insecticidetreated<br />

mosquito<br />

net (ITN) 1<br />

Longlasting<br />

insecticidal<br />

net (LLIN)<br />

Number of<br />

households<br />

with at least<br />

one person<br />

who stayed<br />

in the<br />

household<br />

last night<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 69.6 62.8 61.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 4,042 40.9 33.4 32.1 4,024<br />

Rural 61.4 55.8 55.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 22,319 24.7 21.7 21.4 22,286<br />

Region<br />

Northern 64.2 57.6 57.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 2,960 27.9 24.2 23.8 2,955<br />

Central 64.4 57.6 57.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 10,952 29.8 25.1 24.6 10,923<br />

Southern 60.7 56.1 55.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 12,449 24.7 21.9 21.5 12,432<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 50.2 44.7 44.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 5,676 17.4 15.3 15.1 5,665<br />

Second 60.0 53.6 53.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 5,446 22.8 19.5 19.3 5,439<br />

Middle 63.3 59.0 58.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 5,141 23.8 21.4 21.3 5,134<br />

Fourth 64.9 59.7 59.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 4,978 26.8 24.1 23.8 4,969<br />

Highest 76.5 69.1 67.7 1.8 1.5 1.5 5,120 46.5 38.3 37.0 5,103<br />

Total 62.7 56.9 56.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 26,361 27.2 23.5 23.1 26,310<br />

1<br />

An insecticide-treated net (ITN) is (1) a factory-treated net that does not require any further treatment (LLIN) or (2) a net that has been soaked with insecticide within<br />

the past 12 months.<br />

Table 12.2 Source of mosquito nets<br />

Percent distribution of mosquito nets by source of net, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Mass<br />

distribution<br />

campaign ANC visit<br />

At birth<br />

Immunisation<br />

visit<br />

Government<br />

health<br />

facility<br />

CHAM/<br />

Mission<br />

health<br />

facility<br />

Private<br />

health<br />

facility<br />

Pharmacy<br />

Shop/<br />

market<br />

Workplace<br />

Other<br />

Don’t<br />

know/<br />

missing<br />

Total<br />

Number<br />

of<br />

mosquito<br />

nets<br />

Type of net<br />

ITN 1 33.3 <strong>16</strong>.6 11.6 2.9 <strong>16</strong>.8 0.6 2.5 0.1 11.5 0.9 2.7 0.5 100.0 26,192<br />

Other 2 20.8 <strong>16</strong>.0 10.0 1.3 13.6 0.7 2.2 0.1 28.0 2.0 3.6 1.5 100.0 3,646<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 21.0 11.5 8.1 1.8 14.9 0.2 1.1 0.3 34.2 2.7 2.9 1.3 100.0 5,967<br />

Rural 34.5 17.8 12.2 2.9 <strong>16</strong>.8 0.7 2.8 0.1 8.4 0.6 2.7 0.5 100.0 23,870<br />

Region<br />

Northern <strong>16</strong>.8 18.9 <strong>16</strong>.4 5.0 20.4 1.2 1.6 0.1 14.6 1.2 2.9 0.9 100.0 3,677<br />

Central 37.3 15.7 7.8 2.3 18.4 0.4 3.2 0.0 11.0 1.1 2.1 0.7 100.0 13,370<br />

Southern 30.4 <strong>16</strong>.7 13.7 2.4 13.2 0.6 1.8 0.2 15.9 0.9 3.4 0.6 100.0 12,792<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 32.4 23.7 15.8 3.7 15.2 0.4 2.6 0.0 3.0 0.2 2.9 0.2 100.0 4,075<br />

Second 35.1 21.5 14.3 2.7 15.9 0.5 2.3 0.0 4.7 0.2 2.2 0.6 100.0 5,126<br />

Middle 35.6 17.6 12.7 3.2 17.8 0.8 2.8 0.0 6.2 0.4 2.5 0.4 100.0 5,566<br />

Fourth 34.7 15.8 11.8 2.8 <strong>16</strong>.8 0.7 3.0 0.1 10.0 0.8 3.1 0.4 100.0 5,961<br />

Highest 25.5 10.4 6.7 1.8 <strong>16</strong>.2 0.5 1.9 0.3 30.1 2.4 3.0 1.2 100.0 9,110<br />

Total 31.8 <strong>16</strong>.5 11.4 2.7 <strong>16</strong>.4 0.6 2.4 0.1 13.6 1.0 2.8 0.7 100.0 29,838<br />

ANC = Antenatal care.<br />

1<br />

An insecticide-treated net (ITN) is (1) a factory-treated net that does not require any further treatment (LLIN) or (2) a net that has been soaked with insecticide within the past<br />

12 months.<br />

2<br />

Any net that is not an ITN.<br />

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