Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria and bed net ownership and use in Bhutan, 2013: a country earmarked for malaria elimination

Table 3 Factors associated with use of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets for non-intended purposes in Bhutan, 2013

Net used for other purpose	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	Odds ratio	P value	Odds ratio	P value
	(95% CI)	P value	(95% CI)	P value
Wealth quintile (1,200)
Most poor (278)	Ref		Ref
More poor (205)	0.7 (0.3, 1.4)	0.26	0.8 (0.3, 1.9)	0.61
Poor (295)	0.4 (0.2, 0.9)	0.018*	0.9 (0.4, 1.2)	0.70
Less poor (363)	0.1 (0.03, 0.3)	<0.0001*	0.3 (0.1, 1.2)	0.09
Least poor (59)	0.2 (0.02, 1.4)	0.1	1.0 (0.1, 8.8)	0.98
Household members (1,189)
< 3 members (419)	Ref		Ref
4-6 members (610)	1.0 (0.6, 1.8)	1.0	1.2 (0.6, 2.4)	0.67
7-9 members (169)	0.4 (0.1, 1.2)	0.1	0.4 (0.1, 1.5)	0.17
Household income per month (1,199)
< Nu 1,500 (472)	Ref		Ref
Nu 1,501-3,000 (327)	0.9 (0.5, 1.6)	0.64	3.2 (1.5, 7.1)	0.003*
Nu 3,001-5,000 (180)	0.6 (0.2, 1.4)	0.23	2.2 (0.7, 6.7)	0.17
Nu 5,001-10,000 (117)	0.1 (0.02, 1.1)	0.06	0.5 (0.1, 4.1)	0.53
>Nu 10,000 (103)	0.2 (0.02, 1.3)	0.09	1.4 (0.1, 13.1)	0.79
Location of households from the nearest health centre (1,169)
<1 hrs (840)	Ref		Ref
1–3 hrs (329)	8.8 (4.3, 18.2)	<0.0001*	10.4 (4.5, 24.1)	<0.0001*
Action taken if LLINs are torn (1,182)
Repair the LLINs (1,122)	Ref		Ref
Do not know (22)	1.1 (0.2, 8.4)	0.92	1.5 (0.2, 12.4)	0.71
Buy new one (38)	1.3 (0.3, 5.4)	0. 75	0.8 (0.1, 6.5)	0.80
Keeping LLIN during day (1,184)
Hang in sleeping area (1,147)	Ref		Ref
Keep in the box (33)	1.6 (0.4, 6.8)	0.53	1.8 (0.4, 9.2)	0.48

Unadjusted odds ratio (OR) was obtained from bivariate logistic regression and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) was obtained from multivariable logistic regression.
*significant at p < 0.05.