Table 3.

Association of demographic factors with the utilization of MBNs among children less than five years and pregnant women

Demographic factor	Category	OR	p-value	95% CI	OR	p-value	95% CI
		Children under five years			Pregnant women
Area	Bokwango	1			1
	Bova	0.67	0.52	0.19–2.30	7.06	0.048	1.02–48.90
	Buea Road	0.35	0.04	0.13–0.95	0.58	0.58	0.82–4.07
	Muea	1.16	0.75	0.45–3.06	4.83	0.09	0.79–29.48
	Tole	0.77	0.68	0.22–2.63	17.29	0.01	1.80–165.88
Respondent	Caretaker of Under-fives	1			1
	Mothers	0.71	0.65	0.16–3.06	0.05	0.89	0.001–1.55
Age (years)	13-20	4.57	0.18	0.48–43.65	0.67	0.47	0.23–1.99
	21-50	7.17	0.07	0.84–60.88	1
	≥51	1			6.70	0.01	1.46–30.64
Sex	Male	1			1
	Female	3.01	0.19	0.58–15.68	1
Level of education	Low level education	0.83	0.53	0.48–1.46	0.16	0.002	0.05–0.52
	High level education	1			1
Marital status	Married	1.38	0.31	0.75–2.55	6.70	0.01	1.46–30.64
	Single	1			1
Income status	Non-income earners	1			1
	Income earners (excluding health personnel)	0.62	0.08	0.37–1.05	0.16	0.002	0.05–0.52
	Health personnel	0.11	0.04	0.01–0.93	0.49	0.33	0.12–2.00
Window type	Block Pane	1			1
	Block Louvers	1.57	0.38	0.57–4.29	5.99	0.04	1.08–33.29
	Plank Pane	2.21	0.13	0.80–6.08	11.23	0.12	0.54–234.50
	Plank louvers	1.37	0.63	0.38–4.97	13.92	0.10	0.62–310.57
Level of Malaria knowledge	Low	1			1
	High	0.86	0.69	0.40–1.84	0.49	0.33	0.12–2.00
Settlement type	Rural	1
	Urban	2.44	0.01	1.44–4.13	5.99	0.04	1.08–33.29