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. 2012 Feb 6;12:105. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-105

Table 1.

General characteristics of survey respondents according to ownership of a bednet

Characteristics Respondents who do not own a
bednet
Respondents who own a bednet

Rural Urban Total
(%)
Total
Number
Rural Urban Total
(%)
Total
Number
Age
 Below 26 years 48.1 41.4 45.0 752 46.7 36.8 42.4 287
 26 years
and above
51.9 58.6 55.0 919 53.3 63.2 57.6 390
Education
 None 27.2 12.4 20.4 341 18.4 14.2 16.5 112
 Qur'anic only 15.9 10.0 13.2 221 16.8 12.5 14.9 101
 Primary 24.1 20.7 22.6 377 28.3 17.2 23.5 159
 Secondary 28.5 44.7 35.9 600 29.4 41.6 34.7 235
 Higher 4.2 12.2 7.9 132 7.1 14.5 10.3 70
Geopolitical Zones
 North West 19.5 16.0 17.9 299 22.0 25.0 23.3 158
 North East 20.9 15.4 18.4 307 20.7 22.3 21.4 145
 North Central 22.0 18.2 20.3 339 16.8 16.6 16.7 113
 South West 8.9 25.3 16.4 274 5.5 17.9 10.9 74
 South East 13.4 10.2 11.9 199 17.6 10.8 14.6 99
 South South 15.3 15.0 15.1 253 17.3 7.4 13.0 88
Occupation
 Formal job 2.3 4.6 3.4 56 5.0 9.8 7.1 48
 Self employed 32.7 35.5 34.0 568 24.1 31.4 27.3 185
 Housewives 37.8 37.4 37.6 628 36.7 37.2 36.9 250
 Others 27.2 22.5 25.1 419 34.1 21.6 28.7 194
ANC Attendance
 Registered 45.6 56.8 50.7 848 57.2 61.5 59.1 400
 Did not register 54.4 43.2 49.3 823 42.8 38.5 40.9 277

Total 54.0 46.0 100.0 1671 56.3 43.7 100.0 677