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Table 3 Odds ratios of reported bed net ownership and use by standard deviation of Influence Scorea

From: Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana

Influence Scorea

Crude

Adjusted Ab

Adjusted Bc

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Bed net ownership (n = 294)

 >1 SD below mean

Reference

Reference

Reference

 0–1 SD below mean

1.36 (0.65, 2.85)

1.27 (0.58, 2.77)

1.39 (0.61, 3.13)

 0–1 SD above mean

2.46 (1.03, 5.88)

2.74 (1.11, 6.75)

2.89 (1.13, 7.49)

 >1 SD above mean

2.11 (0.84, 5.29)

2.49 (0.95, 6.54)

2.37 (0.87, 6.39)

 Model AUC

0.588

0.685

0.725

Bed net use (n = 227)

 >1 SD below mean

Reference

Reference

Reference

 0–1 SD below mean

2.80 (1.23, 6.40)

2.35 (1.00, 5.53)

2.28 (0.93, 5.56)

 0–1 SD above mean

3.19 (1.35, 7.61)

3.01 (1.23, 7.34)

2.76 (1.10, 6.94)

 >1 SD above mean

5.50 (2.06, 14.65)

5.25 (1.92, 14.39)

5.38 (1.89, 15.25)

 Model AUC

0.620

0.664

0.707

  1. a \({\text{Influence Score}} = \sum\nolimits_{{{\text{j}} = 1}}^{\text{j}} {{\text{R}}_{\text{j}} *\left( {{\text{U}}_{\text{j}} + {\text{T}}_{\text{j}} } \right) * {\text{I}}_{\text{j}} }\)
  2. bAdjusted for age, marital status, and education level
  3. cAdjusted for age, marital status, education level, and malaria perceptions and attitudes