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Table 1 Odds ratio for sleeping under a treated net for children aged 1–5 years compared to infants, and by gender, in houses with at least one ITN (unadjusted)

From: Can ITN distribution policies increase children’s ITN use? A DHS analysis

Countrya

OR for net use given age

OR by gender

< 1 year

1 year old

2 years old

3 years old

4 years old

Male

Female

Benin

Ref

1.06 (.88–1.27)

1.00 (.83–1.20)

0.79 (0.66–0.93)

0.71 (0.59–0.84)

Ref

1.05 (0.94–1.18)

Burkina Faso

Ref

0.94 (0.79–1.11)

0.77 (0.65–0.99)

0.61 (0.52–0.70)

0.47 (0.40–0.55)

Ref

1.06 (0.96–1.17)

Burundi

Ref

1.30 (1.00–1.69)

0.67 (0.53–0.84)

0.58 (0.47–0.72)

0.46 (0.36–0.59)

Ref

1.00 (0.84–1.16)

Cameroon

Ref

0.96 (0.72–1.27)

0.81 (0.63–1.04)

0.50 (0.39–0.65)

0.54 (0.41–0.71)

Ref

0.92 (0.77–1.11)

Congo

Ref

1.12 (0.75–1.68)

0.86 (0.66–1.13)

1.02 (0.74–1.42)

0.87 (0.57–1.33)

Ref

0.82 (0.64–1.04)

Cote d’Ivoire

Ref

1.14 (0.94–1.38)

0.94 (0.78–1.13)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

0.74 (0.61–0.91)

Ref

0.98 (0.85–1.13)

DRC

Ref

0.99 (0.82–1.19)

0.73 (0.61–0.87)

0.56 (0.47–0.67)

0.51 (0.43–0.60)

Ref

0.91 (0.82–1.01)

Gabon

Ref

0.64 (0.42–0.98)

0.59 (0.39–0.90)

0.53 (0.35–0.79)

0.43 (0.28–0.66)

Ref

1.13 (0.86–1.49)

Ghana

Ref

0.76 (0.61–0.95)

0.75 (0.59–0.96)

0.70 (0.55–0.90)

0.58 (0.46–0.73)

Ref

0.86 (0.74–1.00)

Guinea

Ref

1.08 (0.86–1.37)

0.88 (0.71–1.10)

0.90 (0.70–1.14)

0.65 (0.53–0.80)

Ref

1.24 (1.07–1.43)

Kenya

Ref

0.93 (0.79–1.10)

0.76 (0.64–0.90)

0.56 (0.47–0.65)

0.57 (0.48–0.67)

Ref

0.86 (0.78–0.95)

Liberia

ref

0.65 (0.50–0.84)

0.55 (0.43–0.70)

0.50 (0.37–0.68)

0.43 (0.34–0.54)

Ref

1.05 (0.89–1.25)

Malawi

Ref

1.00 (0.87–1.15)

0.82 (0.72–0.94)

0.78 (0.67–0.90)

0.66 (0.57–0.77)

Ref

1.10 (1.00–1.21)

Mali

Ref

1.07 (0.87–1.30)

0.82 (0.67–1.00)

0.67 (0.56–0.80)

0.57 (0.48–0.69)

Ref

0.84 (0.74–0.95)

Mozambique

Ref

0.93 (0.77–1.14)

0.76 (0.63–0.93)

0.62 (0.52–0.73)

0.53 (0.44–0.65)

Ref

0.99 (0.88–1.12)

Namibia

Ref

0.76 (0.50–1.16)

0.74 (0.1–0.96)

0.63 (0.41–0.96)

0.60 (0.37–0.98)

Ref

0.83 (0.61–1.13)

Nigeria

Ref

0.93 (0.82–1.06)

0.90 (0.81–1.00)

0.75 (0.67–0.83)

0.65 (0.57–0.74)

Ref

1.06 (0.98–1.15)

Rwanda

Ref

1.13 (0.94–1.35)

0.89 (0.75–1.06)

0.65 (0.55–0.77)

0.58 (0.49–0.69)

Ref

1.11 (1.01–1.23)

Senegal

Ref

1.07 (0.92–1.25)

1.01 (0.87–1.16)

0.93 (0.82–1.06)

0.91 (0.78–1.07)

Ref

1.06 (0.96–1.18)

Sierra Leone

Ref

1.05 (0.86–1.31)

1.03 (0.83–1.29)

0.87 (0.71–0.83)

0.66 (0.53–0.83)

Ref

1.02 (0.90–1.16)

Tanzania

Ref

1.10 (0.88–1.36)

1.00 (0.81–1.23)

0.91 (0.75–1.11)

0.96 (0.80–1.15)

Ref

1.07 (0.93–1.23)

Togo

Ref

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

0.79 (0.64–0.97)

0.71 (0.59–0.87)

0.79 (0.64–0.99)

Ref

1.03 (0.91–1.16)

Uganda

Ref

1.13 (0.91–1.40)

0.78 (0.64–0.95)

0.74 (0.60–0.90)

0.73 (0.58–0.92)

Ref

1.02 (0.89–1.16)

Zambia

Ref

0.93 (0.79–1.10)

0.75 (0.65–0.87)

0.59 (0.50–0.70)

0.53 (0.45–0.63)

Ref

0.97 (0.87–1.08)

Zimbabwe

Ref

1.05 (0.74–1.50)

0.94 (0.68–1.30)

0.83 (0.57–1.19)

0.72 (0.51–1.01)

Ref

1.16 (0.95–1.41)

All countries pooled

Ref

0.99 (0.95–1.04)

0.86 (0.82–0.90)

0.76 (0.73–0.80)

0.68 (0.65–0.71)

Ref

1.00 (0.97–1.03)

  1. aCountries presented alphabetically