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.