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Table 1 ITN use at individual, community and region level independent variables.

From: Individual, community and region level predictors of insecticide-treated net use among women in Uganda: a multilevel analysis

 

ITN UTILISATION

p value

No

Yes

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Individual level

 Age

   

< 0.001

  15–19

600 (33.4)

1196 (66.6)

1796 (100)

 

  20–24

329 (22.1)

1153 (77.8)

1481 (100)

 

  25–29

244 (18.9)

1048 (81.1)

1292 (100)

 

  30–34

185 (16.5)

934 (83.5)

1119 (100)

 

  35–39

147 (16.3)

755 (83.7)

902 (100)

 

  40–44

128 (17.7)

595 (78.3)

724 (100)

 

  45–49

69 (14.2)

414 (85.8)

483 (100)

 

 Education

   

< 0.01

  No education

191 (19.1)

806 (80.9)

997 (100)

 

  Primary

920 (22.7)

3131 (77.3)

4051 (100)

 

  Secondary

501 (22.6)

1712 (77.4)

2213 (100)

 

  Higher

89 (16.6)

448 (83.4)

537 (100)

 

 Household wealth index

   

< 0.01

  Poor

400 (21.3)

1478 (78.7)

1878 (100)

 

  Middle

621 (22.9)

2087 (77.1)

2709 (100)

 

  Rich

680 (21.2)

2531 (74.0)

3211 (100)

 

 Pregnancy status

   

< 0.01

  No or not sure

1569 (21.8)

5616 (78.2)

7185 (100)

 

  Pregnant

132 (21.5)

481 (78.5)

613 (100)

 

 Mosquito bite causes malaria

   

0.065

  No

1124 (22.6)

3850 (77.4)

4974 (100)

 

  Yes

577 (20.4)

2247 (79.6)

2824 (100)

 

 Sleeping under mosquito net prevents malaria

   

< 0.001

  No

443 (23.0)

1486 (77.0)

1929 (100)

 

  Yes

1258 (21.4)

4611 (78.6)

5869 (100)

 

 Destroying mosquito breeding site can prevent malaria

   

0.828

  No

1369 (22.2)

4804 (77.8)

6173 (100)

 

  Yes

332 (20.5)

1292 (79.5)

1625 (100)

 

 Household size

   

< 0.001

  Less than 5

1391 (24.4)

4321 (75.6)

5712 (100)

 

  5 or more

310 (14.9)

1775 (85.1)

2085 (100)

 

Community level factors

    

 Residence

   

< 0.001

  Urban

410 (19.2)

1724 (80.8)

2135 (100)

 

  Rural

1229 (23.9)

3914 (76.1)

5143 (100)

 

  Refugee settlements

62 (11.9)

458 (88.1)

520 (100)

 

 Socio-economic disadvantage

   

< 0.01

  Tertile 1 (least disadvantaged)

655 (20.9)

2472 (79.1)

3127 (100)

 

  Tertile 2

692 (23.8)

2222 (76.2)

2914 (100)

 

  Tertile 3 (most disadvantaged)

354 (20.2)

1403 (79.8)

1757 (100)

 

 Region

   

< 0.001

  Eastern

642 (24.2)

2005 (75.8)

2647 (100)

 

  Northern

415 (22.5)

1431 (77.5)

1846 (100)

 

  Western

298 (20.4)

1162 (79.6)

1460 (100)

 

  Southern

346 (18.7)

1499 (81.3)

1845 (100)

 

Region level factors

   

< 0.001

 Socio-economic disadvantage

    

  Tertile 1 (least disadvantage)

947 (23.0)

3164 (77.0)

411 (100)

 

  Tertile 2

420 (20.0)

1707 (80.0)

2127 (100)

 

  Tertile 3 (most disadvantaged)

334 (21.4)

1226 (78.6)

1560 (100)

 

 N

1701 (21.8)

6097 (78.2)

7798 (100)