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Table 2 Household ownership of bed nets in Kachin Special Region II, northeastern Myanmar

From: Coverage, use and maintenance of bed nets and related influence factors in Kachin Special Region II, northeastern Myanmar

 

No. households without bed nets (%, 95 % CI)

No. households with untreated bed nets (%, 95 % CI)

No. households with expired ITNs/LLINs (%, 95 % CI)

No. households with ITNs/LLINs (%, 95 % CI)

Sex of household head

Male (n = 144)

1 (0.7, 0–3.8)

59 (41, 32.9–49.5)

36 (25, 18.2-32.9)

126 (87.5, 81–92.4)

Female (n = 524)

1 (0.2, 0–1.1)

185 (35.3, 31.2–39.6)

20 (3.8, 2.3–5.8)

477 (91, 88.3–93.3)

x 2 value

-

1.56

66.0

1.60

P-value

-

0.2110

<0.0001

0.2054

Age of household head (years)

<35 (n = 233)

0 (0, 0–1.6)

89 (38.2, 31.9–44.8)

34 (14.6, 10.3–19.8)

208 (89.3, 84.6–92.9)

≥35 (n = 435)

2 (0.5, 0.06–1.7)

155 (35.6, 31.1–40.3)

22 (5.1, 3.2–7.6)

395 (90.8, 87.7–93.3)

x 2 value

-

0.43

17.96

0.41

P-value

-

0.5117

0.00002

0.5237

Ethnics

Kachin (n = 610)

2 (0.3, 0.04–1.2)

303 (49.7, 45.6–53.7)

54 (8.9, 6.7–11.4)

556 (91.1, 88.6–93.3)

Othersa (n = 58)

0 (0, 0–6.1)

24 (41.4, 28.6–55.1)

2 (3.4, 0.4–11.9)

47 (81.0, 68.6–90.1)

x 2 value

-

1.46

1.37

6.17

P-value

-

0.2273

0.2415

0.0130

School education years

Illiterate (n = 144)

0 (0, 0–2.5)

52 (36.1, 28.3–44.5)

1 (0.7, 0–3.8)

126 (87.5, 81–92.4)

1–3y (n = 129)

1 (0.8, 0.02–4.2)

49 (38, 29.6–46.9)

2 (1.6, 0.2–5.5)

120 (93, 87.2–96.8)

4–6y (n = 225)

0 (0, 0–1.6)

75 (33.3, 27.2–39.9)

40 (17.8, 13–23.4)

216 (96, 92.5–98.2)

7–9y (n = 117)

1 (0.9, 0.02–4.7)

42 (35.9, 27.2–45.3)

13 (11.1, 16.1–18.3)

106 (90.6, 83.8–95.2)

≥10y (n = 53)

0 (0, 0–6.7)

26 (49.1, 35.1-63.2)

0 (0, 0–6.7)

35 (66, 51.7–78.5)

x 2 value

3.45

4.73

50.76

46.23

P-value

0.4849

0.3164

<0.0001

<0.0001

Family wealth index

1 Most poor (n = 498)

1 (0.2, 0–1.1)

175 (35.1, 30.9–39.5)

28 (5.6, 3.8–8)

467 (93.8, 91.3–95.7)

2 (n = 116)

0 (0, 0–3.1)

51 (44, 34.8–53.5)

27 (23.3, 15.9–32)

113 (97.4, 92.6–99.5)

3 (n = 24)

1 (4.2, 0.1–21.1)

10 (41.7, 22.1–64.4)

1 (4.2, 0.1–21.1)

17 (70.8, 48.9–87.4)

4 (n = 10)

0 (0, 0–60.2)

8 (80, 44.4–97.4)

0 (0, 0–60.2)

6 (60, 26.2–87.8)

5 Least poor (n = 0)

0

0

0

0

x 2 value

12.19

11.11

38.77

39.06

P-value

0.0068

0.0111

<0.0001

<0.0001

Geographical zone

Lowland (n = 226)

0 (0, 0–1.6)

102 (45.1, 38.5–51.9)

6 (2.7, 1.0–5.7)

202 (89.4, 84.6–93.1)

Foothill (n = 299)

0 (0, 0–1.2)

94 (31.4, 26.2–37.0)

11 (3.7, 1.9–6.5)

262 (87.6, 83.3–91.1)

Mid hill (n = 18)

1 (5.6, 0.1–27.3)

6 (33.3, 13.3–59.0)

8 (44.4, 21.5–69.2)

18 (100.0, 81.5–100.0)

Upper hill (n = 125)

1 (0.8, 0.02–4.4)

42 (33.6, 25.4–42.6)

31 (24.8, 17.5–33.3)

121 (96.8, 92.1–99.2)

x 2 value

19.29

11.10

92.01

10.59

P-value

0.0002

0.0112

<0.0001

0.0141

Total (n = 668)

2 (0.3, 0.04–1.1)

244 (36.5, 32.9–40.3)

56 (8.4, 6.4–10.7)

603 (90.2, 87.8–92.4)

  1. aOthers include Chinese, Shan, and Lisu; 95 %CI 95 % confidence interval, ITN Insecticide-treated nets, LLIN long-lasting insecticidal nets