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. 2011 Jul 21;6(7):e21995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021995

Table 3. Factors associated with household insecticide treated bednet (ITN) ownership in eight districts, Malawi, 2009 (N = 7,407).

Variable Household ITN ownership Adjusted odds ratio
n/N (%; 95%CIa) (95%CIa) p-value
District
Blantyre 512/795 (64%; 60–69) Referent Referent
Chiradzulu 549/945 (58%; 53–63) 0.78 (0.59–1.05) 0.10
Karonga 581/929 (63%; 58–67) 1.06 (0.79–1.42) 0.69
Lilongwe 538/922 (58%; 51–65) 0.87 (0.60–1.27) 0.47
Mwanza 730/1125 (65%; 61–69) 1.21 (0.91–1.61) 0.18
Nkhotakhota 437/884 (50%; 45–54) 0.60 (0.46–0.78) <0.001
Phalombe 503/904 (55%; 51–60) 0.71 (0.52–0.97) 0.03
Rumphi 510/903 (57%; 50–63) 0.59 (0.42–0.82) 0.002
Socioeconomic status
Poorest 707/1478 (51%; 46–56) 0.62 (0.43–0.90) 0.01
Second 691/1304 (55%; 51–59) 0.67 (0.48–0.93) 0.02
Third 970/1616 (62%; 57–67) 0.90 (0.64–1.28) 0.56
Fourth 1011/1528 (66%; 62–71) 1.12 (0.81–1.55) 0.51
Least poor 981/1481 (62%; 56–69) Referent Referent
Household eligible for health facility-based ITN distribution
Eligible 3612/5438 (67%; 64–70) 3.09 (2.57–3.71) <0.001
Ineligible 748/1969 (40%; 36–45) Referent Referent
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95% confidence interval.