| Table 3: Percentage of children under five years old that slept under a (any) mosquito net during the night preceding the survey, by background characteristics |
| |
Wealth Quintile |
| Country |
Source |
Year |
Total |
|
Male |
Female |
|
Urban |
Rural |
|
Poorest |
Second |
Middle |
Fourth |
Richest |
| Angola |
MICS |
2001 |
10.2 |
|
9.5 |
10.9 |
|
10.9 |
8.6 |
|
7.1 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
11.1 |
20.2 |
| Benin |
DHS |
2001 |
32.0 |
|
31.7 |
32.3 |
|
42.9 |
26.8 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Burundi |
MICS |
2000 |
2.6 |
|
2.7 |
2.6 |
|
27.6 |
0.7 |
|
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
8.8 |
| Cameroon |
MICS |
2000 |
11.3 |
|
11.4 |
11.3 |
|
17.6 |
8.7 |
|
7.3 |
9.8 |
8.9 |
14.5 |
18.6 |
| Central African Republic |
MICS |
2000 |
30.9 |
|
31.0 |
30.8 |
|
48.2 |
19.8 |
|
18.6 |
16.7 |
23.1 |
41.4 |
58.8 |
| Chad |
MICS |
2000 |
26.9 |
|
26.6 |
27.2 |
|
57.5 |
18.6 |
|
22.5 |
13.6 |
19.5 |
32.1 |
50.3 |
| Comoros |
MICS |
2000 |
36.4 |
|
37.3 |
35.5 |
|
56.8 |
31.1 |
|
23.4 |
25.6 |
32.8 |
40.9 |
60.6 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
MICS |
2000 |
9.6 |
|
9.7 |
9.4 |
|
11.9 |
7.9 |
|
7.0 |
8.0 |
12.9 |
11.0 |
9.8 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
MICS |
2001 |
11.8 |
|
11.9 |
11.7 |
|
15.0 |
10.3 |
|
7.1 |
14.0 |
9.7 |
9.6 |
18.6 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
MICS |
2000 |
15.4 |
|
16.7 |
14.0 |
|
29.8 |
9.9 |
|
7.3 |
8.6 |
22.8 |
16.3 |
26.8 |
| Eritrea* |
DHS |
2002 |
12.1 |
|
11.8 |
12.4 |
|
14.3 |
11.0 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Gambia |
MICS |
2000 |
42.1 |
|
43.1 |
41.0 |
|
35.7 |
45.9 |
|
44.5 |
46.1 |
44.5 |
37.8 |
32.9 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
MICS |
2000 |
67.0 |
|
67.2 |
66.7 |
|
74.9 |
63.5 |
|
60.5 |
63.4 |
66.8 |
71.4 |
74.7 |
| Kenya |
MICS |
2000 |
16.4 |
|
15.7 |
17.1 |
|
34.9 |
10.2 |
|
6.8 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
19.2 |
42.5 |
| Madagascar |
MICS |
2000 |
30.3 |
|
30.1 |
30.5 |
|
31.7 |
29.9 |
|
27.9 |
38.0 |
30.3 |
23.0 |
31.6 |
| Malawi |
DHS |
2000 |
7.6 |
|
… |
… |
|
20.8 |
5.7 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Mali** |
DHS |
2001 |
37.2 |
|
… |
… |
|
43.4 |
35.2 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Niger |
MICS |
2000 |
16.6 |
|
17.2 |
16.0 |
|
35.8 |
13.7 |
|
12.9 |
7.8 |
15.5 |
14.0 |
32.5 |
| Rwanda |
MICS |
2000 |
6.0 |
|
5.6 |
6.4 |
|
27.8 |
2.2 |
|
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
9.7 |
37.7 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
MICS |
2000 |
42.5 |
|
41.8 |
42.4 |
|
60.4 |
27.1 |
|
31.4 |
14.8 |
25.9 |
25.5 |
47.6 |
| Senegal |
MICS |
2000 |
15.2 |
|
… |
… |
|
13.3 |
16.2 |
|
15.5 |
20.4 |
15.6 |
11.4 |
11.7 |
| Sierra Leone |
MICS |
2000 |
15.2 |
|
16.1 |
14.3 |
|
12.6 |
16.1 |
|
15.6 |
15.7 |
14.9 |
15.4 |
14.4 |
| Somalia |
MICS |
1999 |
15.6 |
|
15.9 |
15.3 |
|
18.7 |
16.3*** |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Sudan, Northern |
MICS |
2000 |
23.1 |
|
23.1 |
23.1 |
|
25.8 |
20.6 |
|
18.1 |
23.1 |
24.7 |
23.6 |
23.1 |
| Swaziland |
MICS |
2000 |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Togo |
MICS |
2000 |
14.8 |
|
15.4 |
14.1 |
|
18.5 |
13.3 |
|
11.3 |
11.8 |
13.1 |
16.1 |
26.2 |
| Uganda |
DHS |
2000-01 |
7.3 |
|
… |
… |
|
21.1 |
5.7 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| United Republic of Tanzania** |
DHS |
1999 |
20.7 |
|
… |
… |
|
47.9 |
13.0 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Zambia |
MICS |
1999 |
6.0 |
|
6.1 |
5.9 |
|
8.5 |
4.7 |
|
3.9 |
3.0 |
4.8 |
7.2 |
11.5 |
| Zimbabwe** |
DHS |
1999 |
3.0 |
|
… |
… |
|
… |
… |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
|
| Africa south of the Sahara |
|
|
|
|
20.7 |
20.5 |
|
29.8 |
17.0 |
|
15.9 |
16.2 |
18.3 |
20.6 |
30.0 |
| Notes: |
| DHS = Demographic and Health Surveys |
| MICS = Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys |
| * Preliminary Data |
| ** Data refers to household level estimates of all children under 5 in the household that used any nets. |
| *** Somalia: Nomadic population excluded |
