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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participating households (n = 11 778)

From: Impact of malaria related messages on insecticide-treated net (ITN) use for malaria prevention in Ghana

Survey characteristic

 

Mean ± SE

Age of household head

44.39 ± 0.15

 

N (%)

Household size

1–4 members

7479 (65.9)

5–9 members

3906 (31.5)

10+ members

393 (2.6)

*p-value

< 0.0001

Type of place of residence

Rural area

6603 (52.2)

Urban area

5175 (47.8)

*p-value

< 0.0001

Sex of household head

Male

8043 (66.3)

Female

3735 (33.7)

*p-value

< 0.0001

Household wealth index

Poorest

2490 (15.4)

Poorer

2291 (19.1)

Middle

2354 (21.6)

Richer

2402 (22.5)

Richest

2241 (21.4)

*p-value

< 0.0001

Household has at least one mosquito net

Yes

5652 (45.4)

No

6125 (54.6)

*p-value

< 0.0001

Number of nets in household

none

6126 (54.6)

1–2 nets

4795 (39.8)

3 or more nets

857 (5.7)

*p-value

< 0.0001

  1. *p-value for the differences between distribution of demographic subgroups using chi-square test for proportions.