Table 5.

Logistic regression of factors associated with the discarding of WHO “too-torn” LLINs from participant questionnaire data, in Bagamoyo Tanzania (N = 117)

	Discard nets		Univariate			Multivariable			Overall
	n/N	%	OR	95% CI	P-Value	OR	95% CI	P-Value	P-value
Gender									< 0.001
Women	19/69	39	1			1		0.001
Men	30/48	61	4.39	1.99–9.64	< 0.001	8.20	2.48–27.14
Age group									< 0.001
40–60	18/64	37	1			1
18–39	31/53	63	3.60	1.76–7.89	0.001	7.51	2.36–23.84	0.001
Education									0.357
No formal education	2/16	4	1			1
Formal education	47/101	96	6.09	1.32–28.20	0.021	2.56	0.32–20.19	0.372
Household size									0.251
1–5 residents	29/71	59	1			1
6 & above residents	20/46	41	1.11	0.53–2.36	0.778	0.50	0.15–1.66	0.259
Study village									0.068
Kiwangwa	14/30	29	1			1
Bago	13/30	26	0.87	0.32–2.42	0.795	0.61	0.14–2.59	0.506
Msinune	7/32	14	0.32	0.11–0.96	0.043	0.23	0.05–1.17	0.076
Mwavi	15/25	31	1.71	0.59–5.02	0.326	2.22	0.44–11.13	0.333
Net attitude score									0.122
Negative	14/23	29	1			1
Positive	35/94	71	0.38	0.15–0.97	0.044	0.36	0.09–1.35	0.130
Household SES									0.002
Lowest	10/37	21	1			1
Middle	11/37	23	1.14	0.42–3.14	0.797	1.44	0.36–5.79	0.606
Highest	27/38	56	6.63	2.42–18.18	< 0.001	9.66	2.18–42.86	0.003
Repaired nets in the last 6 months
No	7/14	50	1
Yes	35/90	83	0.64	0.21–1.97	0.433
Received information on net use, care & repair
No	22/56	45	1
Yes	27/61	55	1.23	0.59–2.56	0.586
Family discussion on net care & repair
No	19/49	39	1
Yes	30/68	61	1.25	0.59–2.63	0.564