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. 2010 Jul 21;5(7):e11692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011692

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.