Table 3 Enabling factors associated with willingness to take up IRS in next round
Variable | Willingness to take up IRS in next round | COR | 95% CI | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | ||||
Believed that IRS reduces nuisance of mosquitoes | |||||
Agree | 109 (81.3) | 497 (98.2) | 1 | ||
Disagree | 25 (18.7) | 9 (1.8) | 0.3 | (0.19–0.42) | < 0.001a |
Believed that IRS reduces chances of getting malaria | |||||
Agree | 110 (82.1) | 495 (97.8) | 1 | ||
Disagree | 24 (17.9) | 11 (2.2) | 0.3 | (0.22–0.46) | < 0.001a |
Believed that IRS reduces chances of getting malaria | |||||
Agree | 42 (31.8) | 57 (11.3) | 1 | ||
Disagree | 90 (68.2) | 449 (88.7) | 1.9 | (1.52–2.41) | < 0.001a |
Believed that chemicals used in IRS pollute environment | |||||
Agree | 30 (22.4) | 33 (6.5) | 1 | ||
Disagree | 104 (77.6) | 473 (93.5) | 2.0 | (1.55–2.66) | < 0.001a |
Had children under 5 years | |||||
Yes | 75 (53.0) | 242 (47.9) | 1 | ||
No | 63 (47.0) | 263 (52.1) | 1.2 | (0.84–1.79) | 0.298 |
Preferred method of preventing malaria | |||||
IRS | 7 (5.2) | 31 (6.1) | 1 | ||
ITN | 127 (94.8) | 475 (93.9) | 0.8 | (0.36–1.96) | 0.695 |
Believed that IRS is useful | |||||
Useful | 61 (45.5) | 314 (62.1) | 1 | ||
Fairly useful | 49 (36.6) | 182 (35.9) | 0.7 | (0.47–1.09) | 0.126 |
Not useful | 24 (17.9) | 10 (2.0) | 0.1 | (0.04–0.18) | < 0.001a |
Household had a pregnant woman | |||||
Yes | 12 (9.0) | 32 (6.3) | 1 | ||
No | 122 (91.0) | 474 (93.7) | 1.4 | (0.73–2.91) | 0.287 |
Member of household had malaria a month prior interview | |||||
Yes | 64 (47.8) | 240 (47.6) | 1 | ||
No | 70 (52.2) | 264 (52.4) | 1.0 | (0.69–1.47) | 0.977 |
Source of malaria treatment | |||||
VHT | 15 (22.4) | 29 (12.2) | 1 | ||
Public health center | 42 (62.7) | 177 (74.7) | 2.2 | (1.07–4.43) | 0.031a |
Private health center | 10 (14.9) | 31 (13.1) | 1.6 | (0.62–4.13) | 0.328 |