Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya

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Table 3 Univariate statistical associations of factors with use of retail sector nets among rural children < 5 years of age in four districts of Kenya, 2004. These factors were excluded from the multivariable analysis

	Number (%) in each category
	No nets ( n = 3193)	Retail sector nets ( n = 327)	OR	95% CI	P-value
Homestead level predictors
Homestead used insecticide residual spraying*
No	3064 (96.0)	300 (91.7)	Ref.
Yes	119 (3.7)	27 (8.3)	2.36	1.29–4.30	0.005
Not determined	10 (0.3)
Homestead demography†
Population 15–44 yrs of age
Mean (min, max	6.0 (0, 43)	4.9 (0, 43)	0.89	0.68–1.17	0.401
Mother level predictors
Mother's age†
Mean (min, max)	29.1 (13, 103)	28.8 (16, 95)	0.87	0.59–1.28	0.476
Mother can read†
No	957 (30.3)	57 (17.7)
Yes	2204 (69.7)	269 (82.3)	1.91	1.12–3.24	0.16
Mother's main source of income*
Unemployed/economically inactive	445 (13.9)	41 (12.5)	1
Unpaid working on family business/farm	2321 (72.7)	205 (62.7)	0.64	0.46–0.89	0.008
Works for pay/receives money from spouse or homestead members	427 (13.4)	81 (24.8)	1.68	1.17–2.42	0.005
Child level predictors
Child sex†
Female	1597 (50.0)	154 (47.1)
Male	1596 (50.0)	173 (52.9)	1.01	0.86–1.18	0.928

* These predictors were excluded from the multivariable analysis because: most children were from homesteads that did not use IRS (95.8%); mother's main source of income was highly correlated with homestead SES and mother's education level
† These predictors were excluded from the multivariable analysis because they did not meet the entrance criteria (p ≤ 0.15)

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