Multi-dimensional knowledge of malaria among Nigerian caregivers: implications for insecticide-treated net use by children

Table 3 Correlations between ITN ownership, ITN use, TKI, and individual domain scores

		Cause	Transmission	Vulnerability	Symptom	Treatment	Ownership of any bed net	Ownership of ITN	Did child sleep under an ITN in preceding night	How often did child sleep under ITN in past
Cause	Correlation coefficient
Cause	Sig. (2-tailed)
Transmission	Correlation coefficient	0.271**
Transmission	Sig. (2-tailed)	0
Vulnerability	Correlation coefficient	0.029	0.145**
Vulnerability	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.316	0
Symptom	Correlation coefficient	0.160**	0.184**	0.453**
Symptom	Sig. (2-tailed)	0	0	0
Treatment	Correlation coefficient	0.139**	0.112**	0.417**	0.400**
Treatment	Sig. (2-tailed)	0	0	0	0
Ownership of any bed net	Correlation coefficient	0.05	0.01	0.018	0.009	0.05
Ownership of any bed net	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.07	0.702	0.453	0.773	0.075
Ownership of ITN	Correlation coefficient	0.092**	0.044	0.052**	0.011	0.078**	0.838**
Ownership of ITN	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.001	0.079	0.034	0.722	0.005	0
Did child sleep under an ITN in preceding night	Correlation coefficient	0.059*	0.023	0.077**	0.021	0.077**	0.557**	0.653**
Did child sleep under an ITN in preceding night	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.034	0.368	0.002	0.487	0.006	0	0
How often did child sleep under ITN in past	Correlation coefficient	0.068*	0.035	0.078**	0.024	0.064*	0.659**	0.775**	0.861**
How often did child sleep under ITN in past	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.015	0.171	0.002	0.425	0.024	0	0	0
Total Knowledge Index (TKI)	Correlation coefficient	0.594**	0.501**	0.534**	0.738**	0.612**	0.07	0.122**	0.095*	0.108**
Total Knowledge Index (TKI)	Sig. (2-tailed)	0	0	0	0	0	0.066	0.001	0.014	0.005

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