Table 1 Household demographic characteristics and bed net ownership (n = 716)
From: Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda
N (%) or median (IQR) | |
|---|---|
Household head characteristics | |
Age of household head | |
Less than 20 | 69 (9%) |
20–29 | 256 (35%) |
30–39 | 182 (25%) |
40–49 | 99 (13%) |
50–59 | 43 (6%) |
60–69 | 40 (5%) |
70 and above | 47 (6%) |
Sex of household head | |
Female | 637 (89%) |
Male | 79 (11%) |
Educational attainment of household head | |
Did not complete primary school | 506 (71%) |
Completed primary school | 210 (29%) |
Household characteristics | |
Number of people in household | 5 (4–7) |
Households with pregnant women | 74 (10%) |
Households with children under 5 | |
No children under 5 | 360 (51%) |
One child under 5 | 163 (23%) |
2 children under 5 | 130 (18%) |
3 or more children under 5 | 54 (8%) |
Household centrality | |
In-degree | 7 (4–11) |
Interviewed during rainy season | |
Yes | 245 (34%) |
No | 417 (66%) |
Number of bed nets owned by household | |
0 | 100 (14%) |
1 | 158 (22%) |
2 | 199 (28%) |
3 | 147 (21%) |
4 | 75 (10%) |
5 or more | 37 (5%) |
Sources of bed nets | |
Purchased | |
Pharmacy | 18 (1%) |
Market | 221 (13%) |
Shop | 455 (26%) |
Free | |
Hospital | 42 (2%) |
Church | 3 (0%) |
Local Government | 743 (43%) |
NGO | 68 (4%) |
Relatives | 30 (2%) |
Other/unknown | 155 (9%) |
Bed net ownership ratio | |
All bed nets | 0.67 (0.33–1.00) |
Free bed nets | 0.33 (0–0.67) |
Purchased bed nets | 0.20 (0–0.50) |