Table 3 Attitudes and norms about malaria and bed net use among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, DRC in 2005/06.
Yes | ||
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In your opinion, do you think that most people where you live | N | % |
are worried/concerned about getting malaria | 288 | 85.21 |
believe that using a mosquito net is the best way for prevention against malaria | 298 | 87.65 |
would rather buy other things for home rather than buy a mosquito net | 266 | 82.10 |
prefer using a mosquito net that they have bought rather than one given to them for free | 86 | 29.76 |
In your own opinion, do you believe | ||
that you are worried about getting malaria | 348 | 99.43 |
it is important and beneficial to sleep under a mosquito net every night | 347 | 99.43 |
that sleeping under a mosquito net is a good way to protect yourself from malaria | 346 | 98.86 |
you would prefer using a mosquito net you have bought better than one given to you for free | 46 | 13.94 |
that you wouldn't afford to buy a mosquito net if you didn't receive one for free | 55 | 15.80 |
it is useless to use a mosquito net because you can suffer from malaria anyway | 77 | 22.13 |
that obtaining a mosquito net in the community where you live is easy | 99 | 28.53 |
that malaria is a serious disease | 341 | 97.15 |
that it is more difficult to use a mosquito net than taking drugs when you suffer from malaria | 21 | 6.07 |
that children suffer from malaria more than adults do | 265 | 79.10 |
it's difficult to use a mosquito net | 28 | 8.07 |
that mosquito nets that you have to buy are better quality (more effective in preventing malaria) than nets that are given out for free | 16 | 5.08 |