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Table 3 Rates of bed net use in children under seven by child/household characteristics

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

Characteristic

Person-weeks

# events

Rate/per person-week

Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)*

CHILD

Gender

    

Male

11246

9201

0.82

1.01 (0.96 – 1.06)

Female

12113

9807

0.81

1.00

Age

    

0-23 months

7374

6845

0.93

1.67 (1.52 – 1.85)

24-35 months

3615

3323

0.92

1.67 (1.51 – 1.85)

3

3927

3359

0.86

1.54 (1.39 – 1.71)

4

3247

2607

0.80

1.44 (1.29 – 1.62)

5-6

5196

2874

0.55

1.00

HOUSEHOLD

Number of children under 7 in the HH

    

1

3549

3443

0.97

1.67 (1.34 – 2.09)

2

10167

8552

0.84

1.46 (1.16 – 1.82)

3

7650

5809

0.76

1.32 (1.05 – 1.66)

4 or more

1993

1204

0.60

1.00

Number of HH members 7 or older

    

1-2

7200

6314

0.88

1.18 (1.03 – 1.35)

3-4

8933

7071

0.79

1.06 (0.92 – 1.22)

5-6

5305

4167

0.78

1.05 (0.91 – 1.22)

>6

1921

1456

0.76

1.00

Age head of household

    

17-30

7207

6282

0.87

1.12 (1.05 – 1.20)

30-39

8302

6526

0.77

1.00 (0.93 – 1.08)

40 or older

7850

6200

0.79

1.00

Gender of head of household

    

Male

17907

14484

0.81

1.00 (0.94 – 1.07)

Female

5380

4452

0.83

1.00

Education head of household

    

None

10843

8521

0.79

0.94 (0.88 -1.00)

1-6 years

1690

1503

0.89

1.04 (0.95 – 1.15)

7 or more years

10826

8984

0.83

1.00

Distance to water source dry season

    

<30 minutes

4448

3737

0.84

1.02 (0.94 – 1.10)

30-60 minutes

6777

5478

0.81

1.00 (0.94 – 1.07)

>60

12011

9700

0.81

1.00

House has a latrine

    

No

6119

5034

0.82

1.00

Yes

16865

13641

0.81

0.98 (0.92 – 1.04)

Overall

23359

19008

0.814

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  1. *Fitted using a negative binomial distribution with offset equal to the logarithm of number of follow-up weeks. The GEE approach was used to account for clustering at the household level.