Table 2. Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of study participants and ITN ownership and usage in the South West Region of Cameroon.
| Variable | Subclass | % (n) | ITN Ownership | ITN Usage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | Unadjusted P value | OR | 95% CI | Adjusted P value | % (n) | Unadjusted P value | OR | 95% CI | Adjusted P value | |||
| Age groups (years) | < 5 | 22.1 (177) | 68.4 (121) | 0.623 | 0.92 | 0.61–1.38 | 0.675 | 57.1 (101) | 0.084 | 1.18 | 0.80–1.73 | 0.412 |
| 5–9 | 20.4 (163) | 66.3 (108) | 1.21 | 0.79–1.85 | 0.384 | 58.9 (96) | 1.04 | 0.69–1.56 | 0.863 | |||
| 10–14 | 12.4 (99) | 73.7 (73) | 1.22 | 0.70–2.16 | 0.483 | 69.7 (69) | 1.12 | 0.65–1.94 | 0.688 | |||
| ≥ 15 | 44.9 (359) | 69.9 (251) | Ref | 55.4 (199) | Ref | |||||||
| Gender | Male | 43.8 (350) | 70.0 (245) | 0.720 | 1.06 | 0.76–1.47 | 0.739 | 60.0 (210) | 0.396 | 0.95 | 0.70–1.30 | 0.753 |
| Female | 56.3 (450) | 68.8 (309) | Ref | 57.0 (256) | Ref | |||||||
| Ethnicity | Semi—Bantu | 78.4 (537) | 65.2 (350) | 0.327 | 0.74 | 0.50–1.09 | 0.127 | 54.2 (291) | 0.008 | 1.68 | 1.16–2.44 | 0.007 |
| Bantu | 21.6 (148) | 60.8 (90) | Ref | 41.9 (62) | Ref | |||||||
| Locality | Rural | 25.5 (204) | 55.7 (113) | < 0.001 | 1.93 | 1.36–2.74 | < 0.001 | 49.3 (100) | 0.002 | 0.83 | 0.59–1.16 | 0.272 |
| Semi—Urban | 74.5 (596) | 74.0 (441) | Ref | 61.4 (366) | Ref | |||||||
| Altitude | Low | 22.9 (183) | 48.6 (89) | 0.350 | 1.79 | 1.22–2.62 | 0.003 | 48.6 (89) | 0.002 | 1.17 | 0.83–1.66 | 0.366 |
| Intermediate | 77.1 (616) | 72.1 (132) | Ref | 61.2 (377) | Ref | |||||||
OR = Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; Ref = Reference group; Boldface numbers indicate significant p values