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

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Characteristics independently associated with children sleeping under a bed net in households reporting owning a bed net. Multivariate model*

Characteristic	Incidence rate ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Child’s age
0-35 months	1.61	1.46 – 1.78
3 years	1.50	1.35 – 1.66
4 years	1.40	1.25 – 1.57
5-6 years	1.00
Number of children under 7 in the household
1	1.48	1.18 – 1.86
2	1.40	1.10 – 1.78
3	1.31	1.02 – 1.67
4 or more	1.00
Education head of the household
None	1.00
Some	1.07	1.00 – 1.14
Age head of household
17- 30 years	1.08	1.01 – 1.15
Older than 30 years	1.00

*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.

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