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. 2021 Nov 27;20:450. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03986-7

Table 5.

Characteristics of participants stratified by the ownership and usage of ITN

Characteristics Ownership of ITN P-value Usage of ITN P-value
Yes No Yes No
Gender
Male 941 [86.1] 152 [13.9]  ≤ 0.001 625 [66.4] 316 [33.6] 0.13
Female 1293 [92.4] 107 [7.6] 903 [69.8] 390 [30.2]
Age
18–29 533 [87.1] 79 [12.9] 0.16 358 [67.2] 175 [32.8] 0.04
30–39 546 [90.2] 59 [ [9.8] 390 [71.4] 156 [28.6]
40–49 464 [91.2] 45 [8.8] 294 [63.4] 170 [36.6]
50–59 355 [90.6] 37 [9.4] 247 [69.6] 108 [30.4]
60–69 198 [88.4] 26 [11.6] 138 [69.7] 60 [30.3]
 ≥ 70 138 [91.4] 13 [8.6] 101 [73.2] 37 [26.8]
Districts
Ketu South 720 [86.3] 114 [13.7]  ≤ 0.001 477 [66.3] 243 [33.7]  ≤ 0.001
Ho West 608 [90.6] 63 [9.4] 398 [65.5] 210 [34.5]
Hohoe 482 [88.9] 60 [11.1] 298 [61.8] 184 [38.2]
Nkwanta South 424 [95.1] 22 [4.9] 355 [83.7] 69 [16.3]
Religion
Christianity 1925 [89.4] 229 [10.6] 0.1 1280 [66.5] 645 [35.5]  ≤ 0.001
Islam 84 [87.5] 12 [12.5] 66 [78.6] 18 [21.4]
Traditional 225 [92.6] 18 [7.4] 182 [80.9] 43 [19.1]
Education
None 329 [92.2] 28 [7.8] 0.003 265 [80.5] 64 [19.4]  ≤ 0.001
Primary 329 [88.4] 43 [11.6] 244 [74.2] 85 [25.8]
JHS 907 [91.2] 87 [8.8] 609 [67.1] 298 [32.9]
SHS 460 [86.5] 72 [13.5] 290 [63.0] 170 [37.0]
Tertiary 209 [87.8] 29 [12.2] 120 [57.4] 89 [42.6]
Occupation
Farming 688 [92.7] 54 [7.3]  ≤ 0.001 531 [77.2] 157 [22.8]  ≤ 0.001
Trading 620 [90.5] 65 [9.5] 398 [64.2] 222 [35.8]
Skilled labour 383 [87.6] 54 [12.4] 244 [63.7] 139 [36.3]
Unskilled labour 115 [82.7] 24 [17.3] 82 [71.3] 33 [28.7]
Civil servants 134 [86.5] 21 [13.5] 85 [63.4] 49 [36.6]
Unemployed 244 [86.8] 37 [13.2] 154 [63.1] 90 [36.9]
Others 50 [92.6] 4 [7.4 34 [68] 16 [32.0]