Bed net use among school-aged children after a universal bed net campaign in Malawi

Buchwald, Andrea G.; Walldorf, Jenny A.; Cohee, Lauren M.; Coalson, Jenna E.; Chimbiya, Nelson; Bauleni, Andy; Nkanaunena, Kondwani; Ngwira, Andrew; Kapito-Tembo, Atupele; Mathanga, Don P.; Taylor, Terrie E.; Laufer, Miriam K.

doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1178-9

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Percent of SAC who use a bed net by demographic and household characteristics (N = 7347)

From: Bed net use among school-aged children after a universal bed net campaign in Malawi

Characteristic	Percent of SAC who use a bed net
Characteristic	Rainy ‘12 n = 1048	Dry ‘12 n = 1228	Rainy ‘13 n = 1244	Dry ‘13 n = 1263	Rainy ‘14 n = 1216	Dry ‘14 n = 1348
Sex
Male	24.0	45.7^a	57.7	45.8	49.9	30.9
Female	24.3	52.6	60.8	45.3	53.9	34.9
Transmission setting
Urban	26.5^c	56.3^c	59.3^a	57.3^c	54.6^c	44.0^c
Rural moderate prevalence	15.7	40.4	54.7	33.5	42.3	18.4
Rural high prevalence	29.3	51	63.7	45.9	58.3	36.2
Age
5–10	28.2^c	53.4^c	66.0^c	48.8^b	56.7^c	37.8^c
11–15	17.2	42.3	48.3	40.3	44.4	25.7
Head of household education level
Never attended	21.9^a	44.9^a	59.6	38.8^c	48.3	28.4^c
Some primary	23.8	51.4	57.1	44.3	50.8	28.5
Completed primary	23.5	50.0	59.3	44.4	56.5	37.6
Some secondary or more	35.5	57.6	59.6	59.0	56.5^a	46.5
Child under age five in the household
Yes	27.9^c	48.5	60.4	46.0	53.1	32.4
No	18.2	50.3	57.8	44.9	50.5	33.8
Mean household wealth index
Lowest	22.8^c	45.2^c	59.6	41.1^c	50.6	26.5^c
Middle	18.4	47.5	57.9	41.7	52.0	24.8
Highest	36.0	60.9	60.8	56.0	53.2	47.0
Ratio of nets to sleeping spaces
Less than 1:1	22.8^c	33.2^c	39.1^c	31.53^b	33.4^c	22.6^c
1:1 or more	75.0	71.5	86.4	70.3	83.6	68.0
Ratio of people in house to nets
More than three people per net	22.5^c	34.4^c	37.4^c	30.6^c	32.4^c	27.3^c
Three people per net	65.6	52.4	77.2	62.1	76.7	53.6
Less than three people per net	77.6	73.5	85.4	71.6	83.3	66.4
Average age of nets in house
Less than 2 years	40.1^a	55.7	69.0^a	55.0	63.9	47.2
Two years or older	49.8	60.6	60.2	50.6	61.2	45.7
Household net characteristics
Half or less of all nets hanging	33.2^c	41.2^c	62.2^b	45.2^c	56.0^c	36.2^c
More than half of all nets hanging	52.6	72.3	70.9	63.0	66.9	55.1
Majority of nets from government clinic or hospital	44.5^c	53.1^a	58.0	49.2	61.0^c	44.4^c

^aIndicates variables which were significantly associated with net use at the 0.05 level in bivariate analysis by season
^bIndicates variables which were significantly associated with net use at the 0.01 level in bivariate analysis by season
^cIndicates variables which were significantly associated with net use at the 0.001 level in bivariate analysis by season
SAC school-aged children (5–15 years)

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