Why using bed nets is a challenge among minority populations in Central Vietnam

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Risk factor analysis for appropriate ITN use the night before survey (using survey logistic regression; N = 141)

Risk factors	n/N	%	95% CI	OR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Gender
Male	51/67	76.1	[0.63; 0.85]	1
Female	65/74	87.8	[0.76; 0.94]	2.26	[0.88; 5.80]	8.08	[1.73; 37.86]*
Education
Illiterate	31/43	72.1	[0.55;0.84]	1
Primary	41/49	83.7	[0.70; 0.91]	1.98	[0.75; 5.22]
Secondary and higher	37/41	90.2	[0.76; 0.96]	3.58	[1.12; 11.48]*	–
Occupation
None (children, disabled)	15/23	65.2	[0.43; 0.81]	1
Farmers	52/64	81.2	[0.70; 0.88]	2.31	[0.94; 5.62]
Others (officer, business etc.)	42/46	91.3	[0.79; 0.88]	5.6	[1.78; 17.58]*	–
Coverage of ITNs
1–2.5 persons/net	90/99	90.9	[0.82; 0.95]	4.61	[1.60;13.31]*
3–10 person/net	26/38	68.4	[0.49; 0.82]	1		–
Knowledge of mosquito bites-malaria link
No	88/112	78.6	[0.68; 0.85]	1		1
Yes	26/27	96.4	[0.76; 0.99]	7.0	[0.90; 55.40]	7.43	[1.70; 32.41]*
Sufficient coverage of ITNs
No	24/41	58.5	[0.41; 0.73]	1		1
Yes	92/98	93.9	[0.87;0.97]	10.86	[3.84; 30.70]**	21.69	[4.61; 102.07]**
Sufficient coverage of blankets
No	10/16	62.5	[0.35; 0.83]	1
Yes	106/125	84.8	[0.75; 0.90]	3.34	[0.95; 11.79]	–
Sleeping around the kitchen fire
No	84/88	95.5	[0.88; 0.98]			1
Yes	32/53	60.4	[0.43; 0.75]	13.781	[4.53; 41.91]**	24.57	[4.74; 127.22]**
Sleeping under a blanket the night before the survey
No	12/19	63.2	[0.37; 0.82]	1
Yes	104/122	85.3	[0.75; 0.91]	0.30	[0.09; 0.96]*	–

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