Table 2 Surveyed community insecticide use response pattern for farming, veterinary and domestic pests
S/no. | Characteristics | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Farming, n (%) | Veterinary, n (%) | Domestic, n (%) | ||
1 | Proportion of insecticide use | 320 (80.8%) | 150 (37.9%) | 238 (59.9%) |
2 | Main purpose | |||
 Insect killing | 307 (77.3%) | 119 (30%) | 99 (25.0%) | |
 Repellant | 44 (11.1%) | 24 (6%) | 21 (3.5%) | |
 Nuisance control | 0 | 120 (30.2%) |  | |
 Malaria mosquito control | 0 | 0 | 202 (50.9%) | |
 Others | 14 (35.5%) | 14 (3.5%) | 0 | |
3 | i. ITNs | NA | NA | 371 (93.9%) |
ii. LLINs | NA | NA | 361 (93.3%) | |
4 | Trend of insecticide use in the past 5 years | |||
 Increasing | 154 (46.7%) | 45 (28.8%) | 30 (13.2%) | |
 Decreasing | 87 (26.450 | 81 (51.9) | 158 (69.3%) | |
 Constant | 89 (27.0%) | 30 (19.2%) | 40 (17.5%) | |
5 | Type of insecticide ingredients | |||
| Â | Â Chloropyrifos | 148 (49.7%) | NA | NA |
 Chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin | 81 (27.2%) | NA | NA | |
 Lambdacyhalothrin | 12 (4.0%) | NA | 116 (58.0%) | |
 Endosulfan | 27 (9.1%) | NA | NA | |
 Profenofos | 20 (6.7%) | NA | NA | |
 Carbarly | 0 | 9 (8.7%) | 22 (11.0%) | |
 Cypermethrin | 0 | 81 (77.9%) | NA | |
 Cypermethrin and tetramethrin | 0 | 5 (4.8%) | 52 (26.0%) | |
 Phenothrin and impothrin | NA | NA | 10 (5.0%) | |
 Others (primiriphos-methyl, DDT, and dimethonate) | 10 (3.4%) | 9 (8.7%) | 0 | |
 Others | 0 | 7 (4.2%) | 11 (4.8%) | |
6 | Class of pesticide frequently used | |||
 Pyrethroids | 20 (6.7%) | 93 (89.4%) | 179 (89.1%) | |
 Organophosphates | 165 (55.4%) | 1 (1%) | 0 | |
 Organochlorides | 31 (10.4%) | 1 (15%) | 0 | |
 Carbamates | 0 | 9 (8.7%) | 22 (10.9%) | |
 Organochlorides and pyrethroids | 82 (27.5%) | 0 | 0 | |