Table 4. Women's knowledge of malaria as it predicts household ownership of ITNs.
Risk Factor | Total (n) | % ITN own | Multivariate* | ||
aOR | 95% CI | p-value | |||
Individual characteristics | |||||
Any malaria knowledge | |||||
No | 2084 | 41.2 | |||
Yes | 4573 | 61.9 | 2.1 | 1.6–2.7 | <0.0001 |
Attended school | |||||
No | 4925 | 57.4 | |||
Yes | 1732 | 47.9 | 0.9 | 0.6–1.3 | 0.6 |
Household characteristics | |||||
EA Category | |||||
Rural | 5292 | 57.6 | |||
Urban | 1365 | 43.2 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 | 0.7 |
EA altitude | |||||
<2000 m | 4466 | 67.6 | |||
2000–2500 m | 2191 | 28.9 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.5 | <0.0001 |
HH sprayed with insecticide in the past 12 months | |||||
No | 5692 | 49.4 | |||
Yes | 891 | 87.7 | 4.6 | 2.6–8.2 | <0.0001 |
Interaction terms | |||||
EA Category*Attended any school | 0.03 |
*The full multivariate model included the following non-significant terms: woman's age in 5 year increments, woman with child under 5 years of age, household size, wealth index, and interaction terms (any malaria knowledge and school attendance, any malaria knowledge and wealth index, and school attendance and wealth index).
aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = Confidence Intervals; EA = Enumeration area; HH = Household; ITN = Insecticide-treated nets.