Table 2.
Factors influencing the use of insecticide-treated net
| Determining factors | Utilization of insecticide-treated mosquito nets | Statistical indices (χ2, df, P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every night (n=215) | Sometimes (n=115) | Never (n=80) | ||
| Knowledge of ITN | ||||
| Yes | 213 | 105 | 65 | 34.30, 2, 0.000 |
| No | 2 | 10 | 15 | |
| Source of information | ||||
| H/center | 108 | 48 | 31 | 39.40, 10, 0.000 |
| Media | 28 | 21 | 9 | |
| Friends | 6 | 7 | 10 | |
| Others | 63 | 29 | 15 | |
| Not aware | 1 | 10 | 15 | |
| Source of ITN | ||||
| H/center | 124 | 72 | 2 | 124.86, 8, 0.000 |
| LGA | 69 | 34 | 1 | |
| Market | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
| Others | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| No ITN | 0 | 0 | 77 | |
| Marital status of caregivers | ||||
| Married | 213 | 113 | 77 | 5.34, 4, 0.234 |
| Single | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social class | ||||
| Upper | 41 | 10 | 9 | 10.92, 4, 0.027 |
| Middle | 94 | 45 | 33 | |
| Lower | 80 | 60 | 38 | |
| Number of children | ||||
| <4 | 164 | 91 | 39 | 6.21, 6, 0.400 |
| 4–5 | 41 | 16 | 33 | |
| >5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
ITN=Insecticide-treated net, LGA=Local government area