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Table 3 Among countries with over 10% of purchased nets: factors associated with household ownership of at least 1 purchased net

From: Who buys nets? Factors associated with ownership and use of purchased mosquito nets in sub-Saharan Africa

Country/data source

Angola 2015–2016 DHS

Madagascar 2016 MIS

Malawi 2017 MIS

Mali 2015 MIS

Tanzania 2017 MIS

Uganda 2016 DHS

Zimbabwe 2015 DHS

Odds of households owning a purchased net: aORa (95% CI)

 Gender of head of household (ref: male)

  Female

0.9 (0.8,1.1)

1.1 (0.9,1.4)

1.1 (0.9,1.3)

0.7 (0.5,1.0)

1.1 (0.8,1.3)

1.0 (0.9,1.2)

1.1 (0.9,1.2)

 Age of head of household in years (ref: < 35)

  35–59

0.9 (0.7,1.1)

0.8 (0.6,1.0)

1.4 (1.1,1.6)

1.1 (0.8,1.5)

0.9 (0.7,1.1)

0.9 (0.7,1.0)

1.4 (1.1,1.6)

  60+

0.8 (0.5,1.1)

0.6 (0.4,0.9)

1.2 (0.9,1.5)

1.2 (0.9,1.6)

1.0 (0.7,1.4)

0.7 (0.6,0.9)

1.3 (0.9,1.8)

 Education of head of household (ref: none)

  Primary

1.4 (1.0,1.9)

n/ab

1.0 (0.8,1.3)

n/ab

n/ab

0.9 (0.7,1.2)

1.3 (0.7,2.5)

  ≥ Secondary

1.7 (1.2,2.3)

n/ab

1.6 (1.2,2.1)

n/ab

n/ab

1.7 (1.3,2.3)

1.7 (0.9,3.3)

 Household size (ref: 1–3)

  4–6

1.1 (0.8,1.4)

1.1 (0.8,1.4)

1.0 (0.8,1.3)

0.6 (0.4,0.9)

0.9 (0.7,1.1)

1.0 (0.8,1.2)

0.9 (0.7,1.2)

  7+

1.0 (0.7,1.3)

1.0 (0.7,1.4)

1.0 (0.7,1.3)

0.9 (0.6,1.4)

1.2 (0.8,1.8)

1.1 (0.9,1.3)

0.9 (0.7,1.2)

 Presence of currently/recently pregnant woman (ref: no)

  Yes

1.2 (1.0,1.4)

1.2 (1.0,1.6)

0.9 (0.8,1.1)

1.1 (0.9,1.4)

1.1 (0.9,1.4)

1.1 (0.9,1.2)

1.1 (0.9,1.3)

 Presence of a child under 5 years old (ref: no)

  Yes

1.1 (0.9,1.2)

1.2 (1.0,1.4)

0.7 (0.6,0.8)

0.8 (0.6,1.1)

0.8 (0.6,1.0)

0.9 (0.8,1.0)

1.3 (1.1,1.6)

 Presence of a school aged child (ref: no)

  Yes

0.9 (0.7,1.1)

0.9 (0.7,1.1)

0.8 (0.7,1.0)

1.0 (0.8,1.4)

0.8 (0.6,1.0)

0.7 (0.6,0.9)

1.2 (1.0,1.4)

 Residence (ref: rural)

  Urban

1.5 (1.1,2.1)

0.9 (0.7,1.3)

1.6 (1.3,2.0)

0.8 (0.5,1.2)

1.6 (1.2,2.0)

1.2 (1.0,1.5)

2.1 (1.5,3.1)

 Wealth quintile (ref: poorest)

  Poorer

1.7 (1.2,2.4)

1.2 (0.8,2.0)

1.5 (1.1,2.0)

0.9 (0.5,1.5)

1.2 (0.8,1.6)

1.3 (1.1,1.7)

1.5 (0.9,2.6)

  Middle

3.6 (2.3,5.4)

1.4 (0.9,2.1)

2.4 (1.7,3.2)

1.1 (0.7,1.8)

1.6 (1.1,2.3)

2.0 (1.5,2.5)

3.7 (2.2,6.1)

  Richer

4.47 (2.73,7.31)

3.33 (2.15,5.16)

3.83 (2.80,5.23)

1.50 (0.94,2.40)

4.23 (2.87,6.22)

2.80 (2.13,3.69)

6.58 (3.81,11.34)

  Richest

3.3 (1.9,5.5)

7.9 (5.0,13.0)

10.5 (7.7,14.4)

3.3 (1.9,5.7)

10.9 (7.3,16.2)

8.6 (6.4,11.5)

8.5 (4.7,15.4)

  N of households with private nets

1705

1058

2685

970

1731

2914

1654

  1. Italicized values are statistically significant with P < 0.05
  2. CI confidence interval, N- number, n/a not applicable, aOR adjusted odds ratio, ref reference
  3. aAdjusted for gender, age and education of head of household, household size, presence of currently/recently pregnant woman, child under 5 years old, or school aged child in the household, residence, wealth quintile and region (shown in Additional file 1: Table S2)
  4. bThere was no variable for education level of head of household in the dataset