Predictors of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net ownership and utilization: evidence from community-based cross-sectional comparative study, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4 Factors associated with long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed net utilization, southwest Ethiopia, November 2012

Variable	Categories	Used LLINs N (%)	AOR (95% CI)
Age head of household	<30 yrs	148 (69.8)	3.5 (1.6, 7.6)**
	30-39 yrs	461 (69.5)	2.1 (1.3, 3.6)**
	40-49 yrs	403 (69.5)	1.8 (1.1, 3.0)*
	50-59 yrs	253 (64.9)	1.4 (0.8, 2.4)
	≥60 yrs	255 (63.0)	1
Gender of household head	Male	1,313 (68.5)	1.1 (0.9, 1.5)
Gender of household head	Female	207 (62.3)
Marital status ofhousehold head	Married	1,384 (67.9)	3.6 (1.0, 12.4)*
Marital status ofhousehold head	Not married	133 (64.3)	4.6 (0.6, 30.3)
Educational status of household head	None	1,126 (67.7)	1 (0.5, 2.0)
	Read and write	148 (72.9)	1.2 (0.6, 2.7)
	Elementary (1.4)	128 (60.7)	0.6 (0.3, 1.2)
	Elementary (5–8)	75 (64.7)	0.6 (0.3, 1.5)
	Grade ≥ 9	40 (76.9)	1
Occupational status of household head	Farmer	893 (49.0)	0.5 (0.2, 1)
	Housewife	319 (84.4)	0.6 (0.3, 1.2)
	Daily labourer	12 (46.2)	0.8 (0.3, 2.4)
	Others¹	41 (67.2)	1
RWI of household	Very poor	182 (55.6)	0.3 (0.2, 0.6)**
	Poor	255 (63.3)	0.3 (0.2, 0.5)**
	Middle	310 (67.5)	0.4 (0.3, 0.7)**
	Less poor	345 (70.7)	0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
	Least poor	395 75.7	1
Distance to health services	<1 km	942 (50.9)	17.5**
	1-2 km	260 (69.1)	6.7**
	2 km	63 (100)	1
Access to transport	Yes	637 (57.2)	0.3 (0.21, 0.33)**
Access to transport	No	880 (77.8)	1
Residence	Gilgel-Gibe villages	742 (60.3)	0.5 (0.3, 0.7)**
Residence	Control villages	778 (76.3)
Family size	1-3 members	288 (69.4)	1.7 (1.2, 2.3)**
	4-6 members	721 (66.3)	1.1 (0.9, 1.4)
	7 and above	511 (68.5)	1

¹Others include: government employees (1.1%), merchants (0.8%), self-employed (0.7%) and students (0.3%).
*significant at 0.05 and **significant at 0.001.

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