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Table 2 Characteristics of survey participants and results of a bivariate analysis of household ITN ownership and sufficiency based on the Rao-Scott Chi-square test of independence

From: Factors associated with the ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets in Guinea: an analysis of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey

Explanatory variables

Number of households in survey, N (%)

Household ITN status

Bivariate analysis P value (Has at least one ITN)

Bivariate analysis P value (Has sufficient ITNs)

No ITN, %

Has at least one ITN, %

Has sufficient ITNs, %

Number of household members

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 1–4

2655 (33.6)

59.2

40.8

27.1

  

 5–7

3127 (39.5)

55.3

44.7

14.5

  > 7

2128 (26.9)

53.5

46.5

7.0

Number of rooms in the household

0.4

0.2

 1–3

5896 (74.5)

56.7

43.3

16.3

  

 4–6

1786 (22.6)

54.4

45.6

18.2

  > 7

228 (2.9)

54.8

45.2

15.9

Sex of household head

0.3

 < 0.001

 Male

6430 (81.3)

55.8

44.2

15.7

  

 Female

1481 (18.7)

57.6

42.4

21.3

Marital status of the household head

 < 0.001

 < 0.05

 Married

6739 (85.5)

55.4

44.6

16.1

  

 Never married

178 (2.3)

73.7

26.3

17.2

  

 Divorced

133 (1.7)

58.3

41.7

25.7

  

 Widowed

827 (10.5)

56.5

43.5

21.1

  

Age of household head

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  < 30

931 (11.8)

63.4

36.6

14.0

  

 30–40

1834 (23.2)

55.4

44.6

15.3

  

 40–50

1633 (20.7)

54.8

45.2

14.1

  

 50–60

1649 (20.9)

54.8

45.2

17.8

  

  > 60

1861 (23.5)

55.3

44.6

20.9

  

Education level of the household head

0.8

0.6

 None

5321 (67.3)

55.8

44.2

16.9

  

 Primary

767 (9.7)

55.0

45.0

17.7

  

 High

1780 (22.5)

57.3

42.7

15.8

  

Presence of children under five

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Yes

5267 (66.6)

54.6

45.4

12.2

  

 No

2443 (33.4)

59.2

40.8

25.7

  

Wealth quintile

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Lowest

1698 (21.5)

51.4

48.6

16.2

  

 Second

1601 (20.2)

53.2

46.8

18.6

 Middle

1534 (19.4)

51.2

48.8

21.5

 Fourth

1588 (20.1)

61.5

38.5

13.6

 Highest

1488 (18.8)

64.0

36.0

13.8

Place of residence

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Urban

2701 (34.1)

64.4

35.6

11.9

  

 Rural

5210 (65.9)

51.8

48.2

19.2

Region

 < 0.0001

 < 0.001

 Boké

801 (10.1)

47.0

53.0

22.7

  

 Conakry

1265 (16.0)

75.2

24.8

7.8

 Faranah

670 (8.5)

47.9

52.1

13.6

 Kankan

1090 (13.8)

66.9

33.1

8.1

 Kindia

1202 (15.2)

51.3

48.7

25.3

 Labé

895 (11.3)

45.9

54.1

24.4

 Mamou

741 (9.4)

54.5

45.5

17.3

 N’zérékoré

1245 (15.7)

50.5

49.5

17.1