Factors associated with mosquito net use by individuals in households owning nets in Ethiopia

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Table 2 Baseline 2006: univariable logistic regression analysis of association between individual use of net and explanatory factors in households owning at least one net

Factors		Total persons N = 12,678	Persons used net last night N = 8,945	% of persons using net	Odds Ratio	95% CI	*p-value*	p-value test for trend (> 2 categories)
*Individual characteristics*
Age group (years)	< 5	2,073	1,621	78.2	1.0
	5-24	6,081	3,680	60.5	0.2	0.2-0.3	< 0.001
	25-49	3,432	2,781	81.0	1.5	1.2-1.8	< 0.001
	50+	1,092	863	79.0	1.3	1.0-1.7	0.042
Gender	Male	6,271	4,308	68.7	1.0
	Female	6,407	4,637	72.4	1.3	1.2-1.5	< 0.001
Child U5	No	10,605	7,324	69.1	1.0
	Yes	2,073	1,621	78.2	2.0	1.7-2.4	< 0.001
Pregnant woman	No	12,446	8,751	70.3	1.0
	Yes	232	194	83.6	3.8	2.3-6.3	< 0.001
*Net characteristics*
Proportion of good nets (in HH with nets)	None (0%)	1,213	745	61.4	1.0			Ptrend = 0.004
	Some (1-99%)	535	421	78.7	2.5	1.5-4.01	< 0.001
	All (100%)	10,930	7,779	71.2	1.6	1.2-2.0	0.001
Proportion of nets older than 1 year (in HH with nets)	None (0%)	11,025	8,073	73.2	1.0			Ptrend < 0.001
	Some (1-99%)	349	277	79.4	1.1	0.8-2.2	0.326
	All (100%)	1,304	595	45.6	0.1	0.04-0.1	< 0.001
*Household characteristics*
Number of rooms (per additional room)					0.9	0.8-1.0	0.182
Net density	< 0.5	11,139	7566	67.9	1.0			Ptrend < 0.001
	≥ 0.5 < 1.0	1,437	1287	89.6	5.1	3.5-7.5	< 0.001
	≥ 1.0	102	92	90.2	9.0	2.8-28.6	< 0.001
Indoor residual spraying	Not sprayed	9,507	6452	67.9	1.0
	Sprayed < 12 m ago	3,171	2493	78.6	0.9	0.7-1.1	0.375
Wealth index quintiles	Poorest	4,291	3,107	72.4	1.0			Ptrend = 0.282
	Middle	3,919	2,840	72.5	0.9	0.7-1.1	0.332
	Richest	4,468	2,998	67.1	0.9	0.7-1.1	0.27
Altitude	< 1000 m	2,597	1,889	72.7	1.0			Ptrend = 0.796
	≥ 1000-2000 m	7,604	5,274	69.4	0.7	0.6-0.9	0.015
	> 2000 m	2,477	1,782	71.9	0.1	0.03-0.1	< 0.001

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