Insecticide-treated net (ITN) ownership, usage, and malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya

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Table 3 Education level of household heads or guardians and bed net usage.

		Education level *
Site	ITN usage and other factors	None	Primary	Secondary or above
Emutete	Average number of human adults per house	1.58 ^a	1.79 ^a	2.08 ^b
	Average number of children per house	2.12 ^a	2.29 ^a	2.54 ^a
	Houses with ITNs (%)	43.18 ^a	69.92 ^b	68.69 ^b
	Average number of ITNs per house	0.59 ^a	0.91 ^b	1.27 ^c
	ITN usage in adults in houses owning ITN (%)	79.17 ^a	75.16 ^a	72.60 ^a
	ITN usage in children in houses owning ITN (%)	43.06 ^a	47.83 ^a	51.70 ^a
	ITN usage in adults: overall (%)	36.54 ^a	53.64 ^b	51.46 ^b
	ITN usage in children: overall (%)	22.14 ^a	35.11 ^b	36.25 ^b
	Percentage of people knows that ITN prevents malaria	30.30 ^a	56.91 ^b	52.53 ^b
Iguhu	Average number of human adults per house	1.20 ^a	1.46 ^a	1.36 ^a
	Average number of children per house	1.34 ^a	1.53 ^a	1.46 ^a
	Houses with ITNs (%)	40.16 ^a	65.93 ^b	67.95 ^b
	Average number of ITNs per house	0.46 ^a	0.87 ^b	1.05 ^b
	ITN usage in adults in houses owning ITN (%)	87.32 ^a	94.41 ^a	91.76 ^a
	ITN usage in children in houses owning ITN (%)	52.50 ^a	62.50 ^b	68.42 ^b
	ITN usage in adults: overall (%)	40.79 ^a	68.53 ^b	73.58 ^b
	ITN usage in children: overall (%)	24.71 ^a	46.12 ^b	57.02 ^b
	Percentage of people knows that ITN prevents malaria	38.58 ^a	65.93 ^b	67.95 ^b

* Same letter in the same row indicates no significant difference whereas different letters in the same row represent significant difference at p = 0.05 level.

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