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Table 1 Household characteristics by bed net ownership

From: Trends in weekly reported net use by children during and after rainy season in central Tanzania

Characteristic

Did not own a bed net at any time over the study period

Reporting owning a bed net at least once time over the study period

p-value*

N

405

628

 

Distance to the water source dry season

  

0.05**

 % < 30 minutes

33.4

23.3

 % 30–60 minutes

35.6

30.4

 % > 60 minutes

30.9

46.3

% House has a latrine

67.6

71.8

0.27

% Male head of household

68.4

73.7

0.11

Age of head of household (mean (sd))

40.9 (14.2)

37.1 (11.7)

<0.001

Years of education head of household

3.6 (3.5)

3.8 (3.5)

0.34

Household size (mean(sd))

5.8 (2.2)

5.7 (2.1)

0.49

# children under 7 years of age

2.0 (1.9)

2.0 (1.8)

0.76

  1. *Adjusted to account for clustering at village level; ** test for trend.