Table 6 Determinants of physical durability (risk of failure to survive in serviceable condition) from Cox proportional hazard models; obs = observations
Variable | Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) | 95% CI | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
At household level; N = 2176 obs/810 nets | |||
Site/Brand of LLIN | |||
Sud Ubangi (DuraNet) | 1.00 | 1.85–3.56 | < 0.0001 |
Mongala (DawaPlus 2.0) | 2.57 | ||
Net care attitude of household across surveys | |||
Never had a very positive score (> 1.0) | 1.00 | 0.52–0.83 | 0.001 |
Had very positive score (> 1.0) at least once | 0.66 | ||
Gender of head of household | |||
Male | 1.00 | 0.35–1.17 | 0.14 |
Female | 0.64 | ||
At net level (nets ever hung) N = 1603 obs/572 nets | |||
Site/Brand of LLIN | |||
Sud Ubangi (DuraNet) | 1.00 | 1.82–3.95 | < 0.0001 |
Mongala (DawaPlus 2.0) | 2.68 | ||
Net care attitude of household across surveys | |||
Never had a very positive score (> 1.0) | 1.00 | 0.52–1.01 | 0.056 |
Had very positive score (> 1.0) at least once | 0.72 | ||
Users of net across all surveys | |||
Used by adults or together with children | 1.00 | 1.30–2.93 | 0.003 |
Only used by children | 1.95 | ||
Type of sleeping place across all surveys | |||
Used over unfinished bedframe, foam mattress or | 1.00 | 0.21–0.80 | 0.012 |
Reed mat Only been used over finished bedframe | 0.41 | ||