Table 5 Variables related to use of bed nets every day among respondents living in households owning at least one net (n = 1401)

Age of household member (years)

  ≤ 10 (n = 418)

405 (96.89)

1

–

–

–

 11–17 (n = 259)

220 (84.94)

0.17 (0.09–0.33)

 < 0.001**

0.17 (0.07–0.43)

 < 0.001**

 18–59 (n = 613)

442 (72.10)

0.08 (0.04–0.14)

 < 0.001**

0.13 (0.04-.36)

 < 0.001**

  ≥ 60 (n = 111)

84 (75.68)

0.09 (0.04–0.18)

 < 0.001**

0.24 (0.07–0.85)

0.027*

Gender of household member

 Male (n = 625)

456 (72.96)

1

–

–

–

 Female (n = 776)

695 (89.56)

3.20 (2.39–4.28)

 < 0.001**

2.44 (1.41–4.22)

0.001*

Marital status of household member

 Married (n = 610)

439 (71.97)

1

–

–

–

 Others (n = 791)

712 (90.01)

3.62 (2.70–4.87)

 < 0.001**

0.66 (0.29–1.47)

0.304

Household member stay overnight outside in the forest or the field

 Yes (n = 184)

27 (14.67)

1

–

–

–

 No (n = 1,217)

1124 (92.36)

67.80 (42.77–107.49)

 < 0.001**

96.25 (52.17–177.58)

 < 0.001**

Head of household prefer to use free bed net

 Not prefer (n = 75)

34 (45.33)

1

–

–

–

 Yes or indifferent (n = 1,326)

1117 (84.24)

5.50 (3.36–9.02)

 < 0.001**

13.42 (6.47–27.85)

 < 0.001**

Sufficient numbers of bed net to cover all sleeping spaces in household

 No (n = 190)

104 (54.74)

1

–

–

–

 Yes (n = 1,211)

1047 (86.46)

6.03 (4.28–8.48)

 < 0.001**

7.22 (4.29–12.14)

 < 0.001**

Sleeping pattern based on gender

 Male sleep alone (n = 98)

61 (62.24)

1

–

–

–

 Female sleep alone (n = 75)

63 (84.00)

3.34 (1.58–7.06)

0.002*

1.00 (0.33–3.06)

0.998

 Male sleep with female (spouse) (n = 162)

104 (64.20)

1.18 (0.70–2.00)

0.536

1.53 (0.57–4.10)

0.399

 Male sleep with male (≥ 2 person/sleeping space) (n = 57)

43 (75.44)

2.17 (1.04–4.55)

0.040*

1.41 (0.43–4.59)

0.568

 Male sleep with female (not spouse) (≥ 2 person/sleeping space) (n = 808)

687 (85.02)

4.00 (2.51–6.35)

 < 0.001**

2.88 (1.13–7.37)

0.027*

 Female sleep with female (≥ 2 person/sleeping space) (n = 201)

193 (96.02)

15.94 (7.00–36.27)

 < 0.001**

4.42 (1.27–15.47)

0.020*

Sleeping pattern based on age (≤ 10 year)

 Not sleep with child ≤ 10 year (n = 533)

394 (73.92)

1

–

–

–

 Sleep with child ≤ 10 year (n = 868)

757 (87.21)

2.65 (2.00–3.52)

 < 0.001**

0.72 (0.35–1.47)

0.370

SES score

 x̄ ± SD

0.07 ± 0.11

2.16 (0.53–8.76)

0.282

13.93 (2.07–93.88)

0.007*