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Table 5 Socio-economic status (SES) differences by prevention method

From: Towards making efficient use of household resources for appropriate prevention of malaria: investigating households’ ownership, use and expenditures on ITNs and other preventive tools in Southeast Nigeria

Variable

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

X2(p value)

Other Mosquito repellants

6 (21.4)

5 (17.9)

4 (14.3)

9 (32.1)

4 (14.3)

2.51 (0.64)

Smoke

2 (100)

0

0

0

0

7.5 (0.11)

Clear vegetation

39 (28.3)

27 (19.6)

28 (20.3)

24 (17.4)

20 (14.5)

7.4 (0.12)

Eat/drink herbs

1 (25)

2 (50)

1 (25)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.3 (0.9)

Burn mosquito coil

6 (17.1)

7 (20)

4 (11.4)

14 (40)

4 (11.4)

7.3 (0.12)

Cleaned environment

33 (16.3)

39 (19.2)

34 (16.7)

41 (20.2)

56 (27.6)

4.9 (0.29)

Aerosol spray

6 (16.7)

10 (27.8)

4 (11.1)

5 (13.9)

11 (30.6)

4.0 (0.4)

Indoor spray (IRHS)

8 (17.4)

9 (19.6)

8 (17.4)

12 (26.1)

9 (19.6)

0.7 (0.9)

Grow plants

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

3 (42.9)

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

2.8 (0.58)

Window and door net

9 (10.1)

14 (15.7)

16 (18)

22 (24.7)

28 (31.5)

8.4 (0.04)