Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of respondents
Characteristic | Number of Women | Percent | Characteristic | Number of Women | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaria Preventive Intervention | Household size | ||||
 Utilized | 4937 | 71.8 | Small | 2810 | 40.9 |
 Otherwise | 1936 | 28.2 | Large | 4063 | 59.1 |
Maternal age | Number of mosquito bed nets | ||||
 15–24 | 2760 | 40.2 | 0–2 | 3252 | 47.3 |
 25–34 | 2373 | 34.5 | 3–5 | 2857 | 41.6 |
 35 +  | 1740 | 25.3 | 6 +  | 764 | 11.1 |
Maternal education | Number of sleeping rooms | ||||
 No education | 3433 | 49.9 | 1–3 | 4649 | 67.6 |
 Primary education | 1045 | 15.2 | 4–7 | 2020 | 29.4 |
 Secondary education | 1886 | 27.5 | 8 +  | 204 | 3.0 |
 Higher education | 509 | 7.4 | Region | ||
Parity | North central | 1292 | 18.8 | ||
 Nulliparity | 1778 | 25.9 | North east | 1868 | 27.2 |
 Primiparity | 668 | 9.7 | North west | 3713 | 54.0 |
 Multi parity | 2112 | 30.7 | Place of residence | ||
 Grand multiparity | 2315 | 33.7 | Urban | 1864 | 27.1 |
Religion | Rural | 5009 | 72.9 | ||
 Christianity | 1,320 | 19.2 | Proportion of under 5 children who slept under bed net | ||
 Islam | 5553 | 80.8 | Low | 2193 | 31.9 |
Sex of household head | Medium | 2130 | 31.0 | ||
 Male | 6414 | 93.3 | High | 2550 | 37.1 |
 Female | 459 | 6.7 | Proportion of women exposed to malaria media messages | ||
Household wealth index | Low | 2308 | 33.5 | ||
 Poorest | 1738 | 25.3 | Medium | 2389 | 34.8 |
 Poorer | 1824 | 26.5 | High | 2176 | 31.7 |
 Middle | 1478 | 21.5 | Community literacy level | ||
 Richer | 1152 | 16.8 | Low | 2450 | 35.6 |
 Richest | 681 | 9.9 | Medium | 2281 | 33.2 |
| Â | Â | Â | High | 2142 | 31.2 |
Total | 6873 | 100.0 | Total | 6873 | 100.0 |