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Table 2 Prevalence of the non-use of ITNs among pregnant women

From: Factors associated with non-use of insecticide-treated bed nets among pregnant women in Zambia

Variable

ITN use

No

n (%)

578 (50.8)

Yes

n (%)

560 (49.2)

Pearson’s Chi -square test p-value

ITN per household member

 No net

252 (100)

−

 

 Not sufficient

230 (45.8)

272 (54.2)

< 0.0001

 Sufficient

45 (24.7)

139 (75.3)

 

 More than enough

51 (25.6)

149 (74.4)

 

Age

 15–24

312 (57.7)

229 (42.3)

 

 25–34

191 (45.6)

228 (54.4)

 

 ≥ 35

76 (42.5)

102 (57.5)

0.0093

Parity

 0

149 (60.5)

98 (39.5)

 

 1

137 (50.2)

136 (49.8)

 

 2–4

219 (49.9)

220 (50.1)

 

 ≥ 5

73 (50.8)

106 (59.2)

0.0232

Educational attainment

 No education

34 (35.1)

64 (64.9)

 

 Primary

302 (54.7)

250 (45.3)

 

 Secondary and tertiary

243 (49.7)

246 (50.3)

0.0044

Place of residence

 Rural

348 (47.8)

380 (52.2)

 

 Urban

231 (56.1)

180 (43.9)

0.1605

Employment status

   

 Employed

290 (51.9)

269 (48.1)

 

 Unemployed

289 (49.8)

291 (50.2)

0.7166

Religion

 Christian

573 (51.5)

539 (48.5)

 

 Muslim and other

5 (20.4)

20 (79.6)

0.0098

Wealth index

 Poor

232 (45.7)

275 (54.3)

 

 Middle

126 (57.6)

93 (42.4)

 

 Rich

221 (53.5)

192 (46.5)

0.0661

Provincial malaria categories

 Low malaria prevalence provinces

306 (67.6)

147 (32.4)

 

 Moderate malaria prevalence provinces

158 (42.7)

212 (57.3)

 

 High malaria prevalence provinces

115 (36.4)

201 (63.6)

< 0.0001

Marital status

 Never in union

115 (67.1)

56 (32.9)

 

 Currently in union

416 (46.7)

474 (53.3)

 

 Formerly in union

48 (62.3)

29 (37.7)

0.0001

  1. Key: n = total number of pregnant women (survey weighted), % = survey weighted percentage