System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Table 2 Potential factors associated with under-fives sleeping under an LLIN in bivariate (crude) and multivariate model (adjusted) ^ψ, Micheweni district.

Variable	Total n = 290	Use LLINs n = 167 (58)	Crude OR	p-value	Adjusted OR	p-value
Not receiving an LLIN	87	21 (24)	1		1
Receiving an LLIN	203	146 (72)	8.1	< 0.001**	4.9	< 0.001**
Not liking the LLIN mesh size	78	40 (51)	1		1
Liking the LLIN mesh size	133	99 (74)	2.8	0.003**	1.8	0.067*
Not thinking that LLINs are better than conventional nets	173	78 (45)	1		1
Thinking that LLINs are better than conventional nets	117	89 (76)	3.9	< 0.001**	2.8	0.005**

Numbers in brackets are percentages
*P < 0.25; **P < 0.05
^ψ Factors which were not found associated with children sleeping under an LLIN (p > 0.25): sex of child, sex of the head of the household, education of head of household, liking the LLIN colour, size, shape and strength and knowing that the LLIN was treated.