OBJECTIVES: The objective was to establish whether the level of education of the head of household influences ownership and use of mosquito treated nets among household members. Ownership and use of treated nets has been shown to be an effective method of reducing malaria transmission.  Scaling up the use of treated nets in order to protect <5 years children and pregnant women against malaria was one of the targets  set by African Heads of States in Abuja Declaration in 2000. In Kenya, various mechanisms including mass campaigns and distribution of nets in hospital clinics have been used to make the nets accessible. METHODS: A household baseline survey was carried out in Western Kenya in which 1620 heads of households were interviewed. A total of 8848 people among them heads of households, spouses, children by birth, children by relationship, grand-children, house-help and other relatives in the household were included in the study. Heads of households were asked whether they owned treated mosquito nets and state the number of household members by relationship that slept under treated mosquito nets the night preceding the survey. RESULTS: The study showed that 98 %( 1584/1620) of the heads of households interviewed, 94% (1489) said they owned nets. Ninety percent (82/91) had no education; primary education, 92 %( 1240/1348); secondary education, 93 %(134/144); and tertiary education and above, 100%(26/26). Similar trend was observed also in the use of treated mosquito nets.   CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that the level of education does influence ownership and use of mosquito nets among members of households .The proportion of ownership and use of treated mosquito nets increased as the level of education increased. However, there is need to investigate the effect of age, main source of income and relationship to head of household among other factors in order to get a better understanding.