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Table 3 Final model for correlates of net use among SAC who live in houses with nets (N = 5781)

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

Covariate

Odds ratios by transmission setting

Urban

(n = 1948)

Rural—moderate transmission

(n = 1725)

Rural—high transmission

(n = 2108)

Younger age (5–10)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Older age (10–15)

0.25 (0.19, 0.31)

0.24 (0.18, 0.31)

0.18 (0.14, 0.23)

Half or less of nets in household hanging

Ref

Ref

Ref

More than half of nets in household hanging

8.06 (4.74, 13.70)

3.45 (2.29, 5.22)

5.44 (3.64, 8.15)

Three or more people per net in household

Ref

Ref

Ref

Less than three people per net in a household

4.55 (2.20, 9.42)

4.02 (2.17, 7.44)

3.55 (1.85, 6.81)

No child under age five in household

Ref

Ref

Presence of a child less than age five in household

1.64 (1.03, 2.61)

2.53 (1.53, 4.18)

Rainy 2012

Ref

Ref

Ref

Dry 2012

3.13 (1.27, 7.72)

0.86 (0.35, 2.13)

0.91 (0.37, 2.20)

Rainy 2013

3.30 (1.34, 8.17)

3.38 (1.37, 8.35)

1.47 (0.60, 3.62)

Dry 2013

2.02 (0.84, 4.87)

1.05 (0.42, 2.58)

0.74 (0.30, 1.80)

Rainy 2014

2.90 (1.19, 7.09)

3.19 (1.26, 8.11)

1.68 (0.68, 4.16)

Dry 2014

1.42 (0.59, 3.44)

0.47 (0.18, 1.21)

0.67 (0.27, 1.67)

Male sex

Ref

Ref

Ref

Female sex

1.44 (1.13, 1.83)

1.34 (1.05, 1.71)

1.55 (1.23, 1.95)

Lowest wealth tertile

2.07 (1.09, 3.94)

2.23 (1.43, 3.49)

Middle wealth tertile

Ref

Ref

Highest wealth tertile

0.87 (0.50, 1.49)

0.84 (0.48, 1.48)

  1. Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals from mixed effect logistic regression
  2. All models include survey as a categorical variable; all other variables included only if statistically significant in the model at the p = 0.05 level
  3. SAC school-aged children (5–15 years)