Malawi 2015-16

Table 12.3 Indoor residual spraying against mosquitoes
Percentage of households in which someone has come into the dwelling to spray the interior
walls against mosquitoes (IRS) in the past 12 months, the percentage of households with at
least one ITN and/or IRS in the past 12 months, and the percentage of households with at least
one ITN for every two persons and/or IRS in the past 12 months, by background characteristics,
Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Percentage of
households with
IRS 1 in the past
12 months
Percentage of
households with at
least one ITN 2
and/or IRS 1 in the
past 12 months
Percentage of
households with at
least one ITN 2 for
every two persons
and/or IRS 1 in the
past 12 months
Number of
households
Residence
Urban 3.2 64.1 35.4 4,042
Rural 5.3 57.6 25.5 22,319
Region
Northern 7.2 59.6 28.7 2,960
Central 6.2 59.6 29.2 10,952
Southern 3.3 57.5 24.6 12,449
Wealth quintile
Lowest 4.5 46.6 18.9 5,676
Second 5.3 55.6 23.5 5,446
Middle 5.0 60.7 25.0 5,141
Fourth 4.8 61.0 27.4 4,978
Highest 5.2 70.8 41.3 5,120
Total 4.9 58.6 27.0 26,361
1
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is limited to spraying conducted by a government, private, or
non-governmental organisation.
2
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 12 months.
Table 12.4 Access to an insecticide-treated net (ITN)
Percent distribution of the de facto household population by number of ITNs the household owns, according to number of
persons who stayed in the household the night before the survey, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Number of persons who stayed in the household the night before the survey
Number of ITNs 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+
0 56.9 47.6 41.2 40.7 40.3 41.1 43.8 43.3 42.2
1 35.3 37.4 36.0 29.3 26.6 24.6 19.2 18.4 26.2
2 6.7 12.4 17.8 21.0 21.0 19.3 19.6 16.5 18.8
3 1.0 2.2 4.4 6.4 9.1 9.9 11.1 10.3 8.2
4 0.1 0.3 0.5 2.1 2.2 3.8 3.7 7.6 3.2
5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.8 2.1 0.9
6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.3
7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number 1,856 5,850 13,695 19,202 22,797 20,271 15,152 18,355 117,177
Percent with access
to an ITN 1,2 43.1 52.4 46.9 44.7 39.5 36.1 32.5 29.3 38.8
1
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 12 months.
2
Percentage of the de facto household population who could sleep under an ITN if each ITN in the household were used by
up to two people.
Total
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