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

Table 5. Women's knowledge of malaria as it predicts their ITN use in households that own at least one ITN.

Risk Factor Total (n) % ITN use Multivariate*
aOR 95% CI p-value
Individual characteristics
Any malaria knowledge
No 932 50.9
Yes 2970 64.4 1.8 1.3–2.5 0.0004
Attended school
No 2954 61.2
Yes 948 60.6 2.0 1.1–3.9 0.03
Has a child U5
No 1803 54.6
Yes 2099 65.4 1.9 1.5–2.4 <0.0001
Household characteristics
EA Category
Rural 717 60.5
Urban 3185 64.3 1.7 1.1–2.5 0.009
HH sprayed in the past 12 months
No 3092 58.0
Yes 759 72.0 1.8 1.3–2.5 0.001
Increasing HH size 3902 0.8 0.8–0.9 <0.0001
Increasing number of ITNs in the HH 3902 1.7 1.4–2.0 <0.0001
Interaction terms
Any malaria knowledge*Attended any school 0.04
EA Category*Attended any school 0.01

*The full multivariate model included the following non-significant terms: woman's age in 5 year increments, wealth index, EA altitude, and interaction terms (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; U5 =  under 5 years of age.