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 |
95% confidence interval.