From: Bed net use among school-aged children after a universal bed net campaign in Malawi
Covariate | Odds ratios by transmission setting | ||
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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) | – |