Insecticide-treated bed net use and associated factors among households having under-five children in East Africa: a multilevel binary logistic regression analysis

Table 1 Individual characteristics of respondents

Variables	Weighted frequency (N = 174,411)	Percentage (%)
Age of household head
11–24 years	14,909	8.55
25–34 years	46,294	26.54
35 and above	113,208	64.91
Marital status
Single	43,160	24.75
Married	99,123	56.83
Widowed	13,936	7.99
Divorced	18,192	10.43
Educational status of HH
No education	38,518	22.08
Primary	85,792	49.19
Secondary	37,933	21.75
Higher	12,168	6.98
Wealth status
Poorest	34,606	19.84
Poorer	34,408	19.73
Middle	33,970	19.48
Richer	35,333	20.26
Richest	36,094	20.69
Household size
< 5	94,590	54.23
≥ 5	79,821	45.77
Number of under five children
One	133,925	76.79
Two	31,668	18.16
Three and above	8818	5.06
Sex of HH head
Male Female	119,972 54,439	68.79 31.21
Media exposure
No	75,350	43.20
Yes	99,061	56.80
Number of bed nets
0	58,081	33.30
1	47,397	27.18
2	38,113	21.85
3	20,304	11.64
4	10,516	6.03

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