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Table 1 Descriptive characteristic of the study participants by treated net coverage

From: Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania

Characteristics	Treated net use < 50%				Treated net use ≥ 50%
Characteristics	Females		Males		Females		Males		Overall
Year of birth	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Cohort 1998	414	42	369	41	622	38	610	37	2015	39
Cohort 1999	356	36	331	37	620	37	583	35	1890	36
Cohort 2000	211	22	206	22	422	25	472	28	1314	25
Living status
Lives with parents	430	44	599	66	820	49	1112	67	2961	57
Educational attainment
< 7 years completed	85	9	158	17	119	7	207	13	569	11
7 − 10 years completed	644	66	541	60	1008	61	936	56	3132	60
11 years plus completed	252	25	207	23	537	32	522	31	1518	29
Ongoing education
Still studying	118	12	121	13	236	14	348	21	823	16
Marriage and children
Married	364	37	76	8	537	32	101	6	1081	21
Has children	442	45	61	7	661	40	106	6	1273	24
Caretaker education
None	160	16	108	12	162	10	157	9	587	11
Some primary	242	25	235	26	359	22	338	20	1175	23
Primary completed	533	54	523	58	1058	64	1080	65	3195	61
Secondary or more	24	3	22	2	58	4	48	3	152	3
Wealth quintile
Quintile 1 (poorest)	270	29	248	29	271	17	269	16	1059	21
Quintile 2	161	17	159	18	257	16	243	15	821	16
Quintile 3	203	21	188	22	426	26	413	25	1230	24
Quintile 4	146	15	134	15	242	15	241	15	763	15
Quintile 5 (least poor)	167	18	139	16	424	26	472	29	1203	24

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