Factors associated with use and non-use of mosquito nets owned in Oromia and Amhara Regional States, Ethiopia

Baume, Carol A; Reithinger, Richard; Woldehanna, Sara

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-264

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Univariate analysis: estimates of the effect of each explanatory variable on the probability that a net was used the night prior to the survey

From: Factors associated with use and non-use of mosquito nets owned in Oromia and Amhara Regional States, Ethiopia

		Total	%	OR	P	95% CI
Household Characteristics
Regional State***	Amhara	570	40.98
	Oromia	821	59.02	0.61	<0.001	0.47 - 0.80
Locale	Rural	876	62.98
	Peri-urban	261	18.76	0.74	0.081	0.53 - 1.04
	Urban	254	18.26	1.37	0.100	0.94 - 1.99
Household number of children <5	0	610	43.85
	1	781	56.15	1.15	0.308	0.88 - 1.49
Household number of pregnant women	0	1286	92.45
	1	105	7.55	1.05	0.828	0.64 - 1.74
Household size - number of persons	1-4	458	32.93
	5-7	649	46.66	0.73	0.609	0.21 - 2.46
	>7	284	20.42	0.48	0.198	0.15 - 1.47
Number of household nets*	1	289	20.78
	2	766	55.07	0.71	0.025	0.53 - 0.96
	>3	336	24.16	0.80	0.251	0.54 - 1.17
Net density: #nets/#people in HH	0.00 - 0.25	316	22.72
	0.26 - 0.50	855	61.47	1.17	0.317	0.86 - 1.59
	>0.51	220	15.82	0.77	0.214	0.51 - 1.16
Household member had malaria in prior year	No	771	55.43
	Yes	600	43.13	1.24	0.114	0.95 - 1.16
Household received IRS in the past year**	No	948	68.15
	Yes	443	31.85	1.47	0.007	1.11 - 1.94
Household received free ITNs**	No	191	13.73
	Yes	1190	85.55	0.55	0.005	0.36 - 0.83
	No	1395	97.42
Household got ITN with a voucher	Yes	37	2.37	2.11	0.051	1.00 - 4.47
Households bought ITNs**	No	1084	75.70
	Yes	348	24.30	1.52	0.01	1.11 - 2.08
Respondent's Knowledge
Knows mosquitoes transmit malaria*	No	295	21.21
	Yes	1084	67.86	1.41	0.029	1.04 - 1.91
Knows signs of malaria	0	41	2.95
	1-2	994	71.46	1.55	0.184	0.81 - 2.97
	3+	346	24.87	1.84	0.083	0.92 - 3.66
ITN Characteristics
Net age (months)*	0 - 6	445	31.99
	6 - 12	124	8.91	1.92	0.015	1.13-3.27
	>12	723	51.98	1.01	0.968	0.76-1.33
Net condition***	New or like new	593	42.63
	Worn but no holes; patched	498	35.80	0.89	0.433	0.66 - 1.20
	Small holes	92	6.61	1.10	0.717	0.65 - 1.87
	Large holes	42	3.02	0.33	0.001	0.17 - 0.65
Net size	Single/cot	13	0.93
	Double	931	66.93	0.90	0.865	0.26 - 3.07
	Triple/family size	339	24.37	0.68	0.542	0.20 - 2.35
Net shape***	Rectangular	1177	84.62
	Conical	126	9.06	2.62	<0.001	1.55 - 4.42
Net colour*	Blue	1084	77.93
	Green	87	6.25	0.68	0.137	0.41 - 1.31
	White	111	7.98	1.80	0.022	1.09 - 2.98
Net was purchased***	No	1096	78.79
	Yes	237	17.04	1.84	0.001	1.28 - 2.65

Significance: * p <= 0.05; ** p <= 0.01; *** p <= 0.001

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