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

Table 3 Risk factors associated with household ITN ownership

Explanatory variables	Univariate analysis		Multivariable analysis
Explanatory variables	OR	95% CI	OR	95%CI
Number of household members
1–4	Ref.		Ref.
5–7	1.17^**	1.04–1.33	1.09	0.96–1.23
> 7	1.26^*	1.10–1.45	1.18^*	1.02–1.37
Number of rooms in the household
1–3	Ref.
4–6	1.09	0.96–1.25
> 7	1.08	0.78–1.50
Sex of household head
Male	Ref.
Female	0.93	0.86–1.06
Marital status of the household head
Married	2.26^***	1.55–3.30	1.7^*	1.15–2.52
Never married	Ref.		Ref.
Divorced	2.01^**	1.18–3.41	1.54	0.90–2.62
Widowed	2.16^***	1.43–3.25	1.65^**	1.10–2.55
Age of household head
< 30	0.70^***	0.58–0.85	0.81^*	0.66–1.00
30–40	0.98	0.84–1.13	1.06	0.91–1.23
40–50	Ref.		Ref.
50–60	1.00	0.87–1.16	1.0	0.86–1.16
> 60	0.98	0.85–1.13	1.01	0.87–1.17
Education level of the household head
None	Ref.		Ref.
Primary	1.03	0.87–1.23	1.09	0.92–1.31
High	0.94	0.81–1.10	1.35^***	1.17–1.56
Presence of children under five
Yes	1.21^***	1.09–1.35
No	Ref.
Wealth quintile
Lowest	Ref.		Ref.
Second	0.93	0.78–1.11	1.20	0.98–1.46
Middle	1.01	0.84–1.21	1.10	0.9–1.34
Fourth	0.66^***	0.54–0.81	1.12	0.81–1.55
Highest	0.60^***	0.48–0.74	1.00	0.68–1.49
Place of residence
Urban	Ref.		Ref.
Rural	1.68^***	1.42 – 1.99	1.3	1.0–1.51
Region
Boké	1.15	0.80–1.64	1.18	0.82–1.69
Conakry	0.34^***	0.24–0.47	0.38^***	0.26–0.55
Faranah	1.10	0.77–1.58	1.13	0.79–1.62
Kankan	0.50^***	0.36–0.70	0.53^***	0.38–0.74
Kindia	0.97	0.7–1.35	1.03	0.74–1.43
Labé	1.20	0.86–1.66	1.27	0.92–1.77
Mamou	0.85	0.6–1.21	0.89	0.62–1.26
N’zérékoré	Ref.		Ref.

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