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 | Â | Â | Â |
 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 |