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Table 1 Trends in pregnant women's insecticide-treated nets use by different inequality dimensions, 2011 and 2017

From: Inequalities in the use of insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women in Ghana, 2011 and 2017

Dimension

2011 (32.6%)

2017 (49.7%)

Sample

% (95% CI)

Sample

% (95% CI)

Economic status

 Quintile 1 (poorest)

185

51.4[44.3, 58.4]

187

65.1[54.1, 74.6]

 Quintile 2

150

49.7[39.4, 60.1]

196

59.1[46.1, 71]

 Quintile 3

150

31.9[22.9, 42.5]

180

50.8[37.4, 64.2]

 Quintile 4

166

12.9[7.8, 20.5]

188

43.2[33.2, 53.9]

 Quintile 5 (richest)

160

15.8[8.7, 26.9]

182

29.4[20.5, 40]

Education

 No formal education

236

42.2[34.5, 50.2]

235

56.8[46.4, 66.6]

 Primary school

166

33[24.4, 43]

165

60.2[48.8, 70.5]

 Secondary/higher education 

409

26.9[21.2, 33.4]

534

43.4[37.2, 49.7]

Place of residence

 Rural

451

43.6[38.6, 48.7]

510

61.5[54.3, 68.3]

 Urban

360

18.8[13.2, 26.1]

423

35.5[29.2, 42.2]

Sub-national region

 Ashanti

186

21.3[12.3, 34.4]

263

47[36.4, 57.8]

 Brong Ahafo

72

36.1[23.6, 50.9]

92

60.9[46.3, 73.8]

 Central

81

29.3[21.2, 39.1]

69

44.5[31, 58.8]

 Eastern

71

62.3[44.2, 77.6]

91

53.6[39.3, 67.3]

 Greater Accra

107

11.8[5, 25.5]

92

17.5[8.8, 31.7]

 Northern

86

37.9[30.7, 45.7]

113

49.1[36.5, 61.9]

 Upper East

32

50.5[42.3, 58.6]

29

75.5[62.8, 84.9]

 Upper West

22

41.2[31.4, 51.8]

22

61.8[48.6, 73.4]

 Volta

74

57.8[46.4, 68.4]

76

69.4[48.4, 84.5]

 West

80

21.5[11.5, 36.5]

88

52.5[36.1, 68.3]