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Table 6 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the odds of owning ITN

From: Assessing health-seeking behaviour and malaria prevention practices among communities in four districts of the Volta Region of Ghana

Characteristics

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

 

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

 

Gender

    

Female

0.48 (0.36–0.610

0.10

0.55 (0.39–0.69)

0.12

Male

 

1

1

 

Districts

    

Ketu South

1.60 (1.14–2.24)

0.01

1.56 (1.09–2.22)

0.01

Nkwanta South

0.51 (0.30–0.85)

0.01

0.49 (0.29–0.86)

0.01

Hohoe

1.29 (0.88–1.89)

0.19

1.23 (0.83–1.81)

0.31

Ho West

1

 

1

 

Occupation

    

Farming

0.65 (0.22–1.89)

0.43

0.66 (0.22–2.04)

0.47

Trading

0.96 (0.33–2.78)

0.91

1.37 (0.46–4.06)

0.58

Skilled labour

1.39 (0.48–4.04)

0.55

1.34 (0.45–0.395)

0.6

Unskilled labour

2.25 (0.73–6.90)

0.16

1.87 (0.59–5.85)

0.25

Civil servants

1.62 (0.54–5.14)

0.38

1.46 (0.46–4.99)

0.52

Unemployed

1.47 (0.49–4.35)

0.40

1.65 (0.54–4.99)

0.37

Others

1

 

1

 

Education

    

None

0.55 (0.31–0.98)

0.04

0.89 (0.47–1.73)

0.75

Primary

0.85 (0.50–1.44)

0.55

1.27 (0.70.2.30)

0.43

JHS

0.64 (0.40–1.02)

0.06

0.95 (0.57–1.59)

0.86

SHS

1.15 (0.72–1.85)

0.56

1.50 (0.89–2.55)

0.13

Tertiary

1

 

1

 
  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval