Table 1 Description of malaria prevention by different household characteristics
Household characteristics | N (%) | LLIN n (%) | IRS n (%) | Both LLIN and IRS n (%) | Nothing at all n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | |||||
Oromo | 5512 (90.82) | 640 (11.61) | 4034 (73.19) | 497 (9.02) | 1335 (24.22) |
Amhara | 46 (0.76) | 5(10.87) | 28 (60.87) | 5 (10.87) | 18 (39.13) |
Gurage | 58 (0.96) | 8 (13.79) | 47 (81.03) | 7 (12.07) | 10 (17.24) |
Other ethnicity | 453 (7.48) | 51 (11.23) | 290 (64.02) | 48 (10.60) | 160 (35.32) |
Religion | |||||
Muslim | 5199 (85.66) | 562 (10.81) | 3739 (71.92) | 436 (8.39) | 1334 (25.66) |
Orthodox christian | 709 (11.68) | 128 (18.05) | 557 (78.56) | 112 (15.80) | 136 (19.18) |
Protestant christian | 149 (2.46) | 12 (8.05) | 96 (64.43) | 8 (5.37) | 49 (32.89) |
Other religiona | 12 (0.20) | 2 (16.67) | 7 (58.33) | 1 (8.33) | 4 (33.33) |
Educational status | |||||
Illiterate | 3336 (54.95) | 334 (10.01) | 2584 (77.48) | 278 (8.34) | 695 (20.84) |
Can read and write only | 562 (9.26) | 67 (11.92) | 421 (74.91) | 49 (8.72) | 123 (21.89) |
Elementary (1–4) | 519 (8.55) | 102 (19.65) | 342 (65.90) | 78 (15.03) | 153 (29.48) |
Junior Elementary (5–8) | 972 (16.02) | 120 (12.33) | 636 (65.36) | 90 (9.25) | 307 (31.55) |
High school (9–12) | 513 (8.45) | 71 (13.84) | 344 (67.06) | 52 (10.14) | 150 (29.24) |
Above high school | 77 (1.30) | 9 (11.69) | 52 (67.53) | 9 (11.69) | 25 (32.47) |
NRb | 90 (1.47) | 1 (1.11) | 20 (22.22) | 1 (1.11) | 70 (77.78) |
Wealth quintiles | |||||
Poorest | 1214 (20.00) | 98 (8.07) | 882 (72.65) | 77 (6.34) | 311 (25.62) |
2nd poorest | 1214 (20.00) | 112 (9.23) | 912 (75.12) | 80 (6.59) | 270 (22.24) |
Middle | 1214 (20.00) | 144 (11.86) | 916 (75.45) | 124 (10.21) | 278 (22.90) |
2nd richest | 1213 (20.00) | 172 (14.18) | 851 (70.16) | 138 (11.38) | 328 (27.04) |
Richest | 1214 (20.00) | 178 (14.66) | 838 (69.03) | 138 (11.37) | 336 (27.68) |
Overall total | 6069 (100.00) | 704 (11.60) | 4399 (72.48) | 557 (9.18) | 1523 (25.09) |