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. 2017 Jun 9;16:244. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1894-9

Table 3.

Factors associated with not using LLINs the night prior to the survey in Al Hudaydah governorate in 2016

Characteristics Population with access (de facto)a People that did not sleep under LLINs n (%) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P value
Age (years)
 <5 80 46 (57.5) Reference Reference
 5–15 220 145 (65.9) 1.43 (0.85–2.41) 1.34 (0.76–2.36) 0.307
 16–45 377 272 (72.1) 1.92 (1.17–3.15) 2.17 (1.26–3.75) 0.005*
 >45 116 83 (71.6) 1.86 (1.02–3.39) 2.17 (1.09–4.29) 0.026*
Presence of pregnant women
 Yes 10 8 (80.0) Reference
 No 783 538 (68.7) 0.55 (0.12–2.60) 0.70 (0.13–3.72) 0.670
Number of women of child bearing age (15–49 years)
 0 74 51 (68.9) Reference Reference
 1 435 279 (64.1) 0.81 (0.48–1.37) 0.88 (0.49–1.59) 0.674
 ≥2 284 216 (76.1) 1.43 (0.82–2.52) 1.25 (0.66–2.35) 0.488
Gender
 Female 395 275 (69.6) Reference Reference
 Male 398 271 (68.1) 0.93 (0.69–1.26) 1.05 (0.76–1.45) 0.785
Family size
 ≤5 346 230 (66.5) Reference Reference
 >5 447 316 (70.7) 1.22 (0.90–1.65) 1.04 (0.72–1.52) 0.823
House structure
 Not hut 528 346 (65.5) Reference Reference
 Hut 265 200 (75.5) 1.62 (1.16–2.26) 1.59 (1.09–2.32) 0.015*
Number of damaged LLINs within a household
 0 293 174 (59.4) Reference Reference
 1 74 44 (59.5) 1.00 (0.60–1.69) 0.98 (0.56–1.71) 0.946
 2 155 106 (68.4) 1.48 (0.98–2.23) 1.46 (0.94–2.27) 0.090
 ≥3 271 222 (81.9) 3.10 (2.10–4.56) 2.76 (1.79–4.25) <0.001*
Districts
 Ad Durayhimi 103 63 (61.2) Reference Reference
 Al Marawi’ah 72 54 (75.0) 1.91 (0.98–3.70) 1.98 (0.97–4.03) 0.061
 Al Mansuriyah 67 59 (88.1) 4.68 (2.03–10.83) 3.29 (1.35–8.01) 0.009*
 Bayt Al Faqiah 551 370 (67.2) 1.30 (0.84–2.00) 1.06 (0.67–1.68) 0.801
Socioeconomic status
 High 275 175 (63.6) Reference Reference
 Low 205 160 (78.0) 2.03 (1.35–3.07) 1.33 (0.84–2.11) 0.221
 Middle 313 211 (67.4) 1.18 (0.84–1.66) 1.03 (0.71–1.49) 0.869

OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio

* Statistically associated with not using LLIN the night prior to the survey

aCalculated from households with universal coverage (1LLIN for every two people)