ITN Ownership and Use Among Preschool Children in the DRC, 2025

1,247 children aged 6–59 months were surveyed across 156 health facilities in six provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025. Aliocha Natuhoyila Nkodila collected this data via household surveys using ODK Collect to assess insecticide-treated net (ITN) coverage and identify factors for non-use. While 62.5% of households owned at least one ITN, 95.9% of children used it, with non-use linked to lack of community sensitization and socioeconomic factors.

Use Cases

• Modeling factors associated with ITN non-use based on sociodemographic characteristics and community sensitization.
• Assessing the impact of seasonal variation (rainy season) on malaria prevention behavior.
• Evaluating the relationship between household socioeconomic vulnerability (income, housing) and health intervention adherence.
• Analyzing the effectiveness of community health worker programs on public health outcomes.

Strengths

• Data covers 1,247 children across 156 health facilities, providing a multi-province sample.
• Includes specific adherence metrics (95.9% child use rate) and ownership statistics (62.5% household ownership).
• Multivariate logistic regression results identify key associated factors with adjusted odds ratios (aOR).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Aliocha Natuhoyila Nkodila via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using household surveys and face-to-face interviews with structured questionnaires programmed in ODK Collect.

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:34:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Six provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).