Which nets are being used: factors associated with mosquito net use in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regions of Ethiopia

Table 5 MIS 3R 2007*: univariable logistic regression analysis of association of net use and explanatory factors

Factors		Total nets N = 5,413	Nets used last night n = 3,031	Proportion of nets used last night (%)	Odds Ratio	95% CI	*p-value*
Net characteristics
Type of net	Other type	225	107	47.6	1.0
	LLIN	5,188	2,924	56.4	1.7	1.2-2.4	0.006
Age of the net	≤6 months	1,888	1,112	58.9	1.0		<0.001
	>6 months - 1 year	2,491	1,465	58.8	1.0	0.8-1.2
	>1 years	1034	454	43.9	0.5	0.4-0.6
Net condition	Good**	3,890	2,245	57.7	1.0		Ptrend <0.001
	Fair (no holes >33 mm)	767	475	61.9	1.3	1.1-1.6
	Poor (1-4 holes >33 mm)	485	242	49.9	0.7	0.5-0.9
	Unsafe (5 or more holes >33 mm)	271	69	25.5	0.2	0.1-0.3
Net purchased	No	5,161	2,885	55.9	1.0
Yes	252	146	57.9	1.1	0.8-1.5	0.547
Household characteristics
Number of sleeping rooms in HH (per additional room)					1.1	0.9-1.2	0.455
Net density^±	<0.5	3,173	1799	56.7	1.0
	≥0.5 < 1.0	1,825	1018	55.8	1.0	0.8-1.1	0.57
	≥1.0 < 1.5	379	202	53.3	0.9	0.7-1.2	0.407
	≥1.5	36	12	33.3	0.3	0.1-0.8	0.018
Insecticide residual spraying	Not sprayed	4,317	2356	54.6	1.0
	Sprayed within last 12 months	1,096	675	61.6	1.5	1.2-1.8	<0.001
Child under 5 years in HH	No	2,423	1,368	56.5	1.0
	Yes	2,990	1,663	55.6	0.9	0.8-1.1	0.471
Pregnant woman in HH	No	5,041	2,832	56.2	1.0
	Yes	372	199	53.5	0.9	0.7-1.6	0.336
Wealth index	Lowest quintile (20% poorest)	1,183	631	53.3	1.0
	Quintiles 2-5 (80% richest)	4,230	2,400	56.7	1.2	1.0-1.4	0.037
Altitude	<1,000 m	4,716	2649	56.2	1.0
	≥1,000 - ≤2,000 m	514	301	58.6	1.1	0.9-1.6	0.328
	>2,000 m	183	81	44.3	0.6	0.4-0.8	0.005

*Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNP) regions
**373 nets still in package and unused
^±number of nets/number of people in household

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