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Table 1 Frequency of ownership and use of mosquito nets

From: Determinants of the persistence of malaria in Rwanda

 

Household members

N

Own ITN, N (%)

Use ITN, N (%)

2 (P)

Total

10,891

9182 (84.30)

7217 (66.25)

 

Sex

0.492

 Boys

2139

1795 (83.92)

1397 (65.31)

 

 Girls

2092

1772 (84.70)

1402 (67.02)

 

 Women

6660

5615 (84.31)

4418 (66.34)

 

Age group

 Children

  < 1

1162

996 (85.71)

833 (71.69)

 

  1

784

647 (82.53)

538 (68.62)

 

  2

830

715 (86.14)

558 (67.23)

 

  3

689

565 (82.00)

408 (59.22)

 

  4

766

644 (84.07)

462 (60.31)

 

 Women

  15–29

3793

3176 (83.73)

2319 (61.14)

 

  30–39

1800

1549 (86.06)

1346 (74.78)

 

  40–49

1067

890 (83.41)

753 (70.57)

 

Province

< 0.001

 Kigali city

1402

1312 (93.58)

1103 (78.67)

 

 South

2800

2442 (87.21)

1960 (70.00)

 

 West

2473

1784 (72.14)

1371 (55.44)

 

 North

1687

1376 (81.56)

1014 (60.11)

 

 East

2529

2268 (89.68)

1769 (69.95)

 

Residence

< 0.001

 Urban

2593

2332 (89.93)

1951 (75.24)

 

 Rural

8298

6850 (82.55)

5266 (63.46)

 

Education level

0.001

 No education

4873

4027 (82.64)

3188 (65.42)

 

 Primary

4302

3597 (83.61)

2829 (65.76)

 

 Secondary & higher

1688

1536 (91.00)

1185 (70.20)

 

 Missing

28

22 (78.57)

15 (53.57)

 

Wealth category

< 0.001

 Very low

2330

1606 (68.93)

1204 (51.67)

 

 Low

2146

1702 (79.31)

1253 (58.39)

 

 Middle

1980

1712 (86.46)

1340 (67.68)

 

 Higher

1896

1773 (93.51)

1421 (74.95)

 

 Highest

2539

2389 (94.09)

1999 (78.73)

 

Season

0.0388

 Dry

6935

5818 (83.89)

4546 (65.55)

 

 Rainy

3956

3364 (85.04)

2671 (67.52)

 

Altitude

< 0.001

  < 1700

6303

5719 (90.73)

4630 (73.46)

 

  > 1700

4588

3463 (75.48)

2587 (56.39)

 
  1. 2 (P): Chi Squared P value