Exploring the gap between coverage, access, and utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) among the households of malaria endemic districts in Bangladesh

Khanam, Fouzia; Hossain, Md Belal; Chowdhury, Tridib Roy; Rahman, Md Sajedur; Kabir, Moktadir; Naher, Shamsun; Islam, Md Akramul; Rahman, Mahfuzar

doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2610-0

Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents and household heads (N = 2640)

From: Exploring the gap between coverage, access, and utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) among the households of malaria endemic districts in Bangladesh

Characteristics	n	%	95% CI
Area of residence
Hill tract	880	33.33	31.56–35.16
Non-hill tract	1760	66.67	64.84–68.44
Gender of respondent
Male	296	11.21	10.06–12.47
Female	2344	88.79	87.53–89.94
Age of respondent (years)
< 20	218	8.26	7.27–9.37
20–29	1379	52.23	50.33–54.14
30+	1043	39.51	37.66–41.39
Relationship to household head
Head	363	13.75	12.49–15.12
Spouse	1885	71.40	69.65–73.09
Others^a	392	14.85	13.54–16.26
Education of respondent
No education	583	22.08	20.54–23.71
1–5	917	34.73	32.94–36.57
6–9	819	31.02	29.29–32.82
10+	321	12.16	10.97–13.46
Gender of household head
Male	2410	91.29	90.15–92.31
Female	230	8.71	7.69–9.85
Education of household head
No education	858	32.50	30.74–34.31
1–5	942	35.68	33.87–37.53
6–9	531	20.11	18.63–21.69
10+	309	11.70	10.53–12.99
Occupation of household head
Farmer	677	25.64	24.01–27.35
Service holder	261	9.89	8.80–11.09
Businessman	481	18.22	16.79–19.74
Self-employment	85	3.22	2.61–3.97
Labourer	892	33.79	32.01–35.62
Housewife	143	5.42	4.61–6.35
Others^b	101	3.83	3.16–4.63
Ethnicity
Bengali	2089	79.13	77.54–80.64
Others	551	20.87	19.36–22.46
Religion
Muslim	1857	70.34	68.57–72.05
Hindu	222	8.41	7.41–9.53
Buddhist	488	18.48	17.05–20.01
Christian	51	1.93	1.47–2.53
Others^c	22	0.83	0.55–1.26
Number of household members
≤ 4	1054	39.92	38.07–41.81
> 4	1586	60.08	58.19–61.93
Wealth quintile
Low	1059	40.11	38.26-42.00
Middle	525	19.89	18.41–21.45
High	1056	40.00	38.15–41.88
Household having at least one child under five
No	634	24.02	22.42–25.68
Yes	2006	75.98	74.32–77.58
Household having at least one pregnant woman
No	1422	53.86	51.96–55.76
Yes	1218	46.14	44.24-–48.04
N	2640	100.00

^aSon, daughter, father, mother, brother, father-in-law, mother-in-law
^bStudent, disabled, beggar
^cGaro, Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Mro, Hajong, Sawtal, Tongchonga, Bomo

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