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Table 1 General characteristics of survey respondents according to ownership of a bednet

From: Determinants of insecticide-treated net ownership and utilization among pregnant women in Nigeria

Characteristics

Respondents who do not own a

bednet

Respondents who own a bednet

 

Rural

Urban

Total

(%)

Total

Number

Rural

Urban

Total

(%)

Total

Number

Age

   Below 26 years

48.1

41.4

45.0

752

46.7

36.8

42.4

287

26 years

and above

51.9

58.6

55.0

919

53.3

63.2

57.6

390

Education

        

   None

27.2

12.4

20.4

341

18.4

14.2

16.5

112

   Qur'anic only

15.9

10.0

13.2

221

16.8

12.5

14.9

101

   Primary

24.1

20.7

22.6

377

28.3

17.2

23.5

159

   Secondary

28.5

44.7

35.9

600

29.4

41.6

34.7

235

   Higher

4.2

12.2

7.9

132

7.1

14.5

10.3

70

Geopolitical Zones

   North West

19.5

16.0

17.9

299

22.0

25.0

23.3

158

   North East

20.9

15.4

18.4

307

20.7

22.3

21.4

145

   North Central

22.0

18.2

20.3

339

16.8

16.6

16.7

113

   South West

8.9

25.3

16.4

274

5.5

17.9

10.9

74

   South East

13.4

10.2

11.9

199

17.6

10.8

14.6

99

   South South

15.3

15.0

15.1

253

17.3

7.4

13.0

88

Occupation

        

   Formal job

2.3

4.6

3.4

56

5.0

9.8

7.1

48

   Self employed

32.7

35.5

34.0

568

24.1

31.4

27.3

185

   Housewives

37.8

37.4

37.6

628

36.7

37.2

36.9

250

   Others

27.2

22.5

25.1

419

34.1

21.6

28.7

194

ANC Attendance

        

   Registered

45.6

56.8

50.7

848

57.2

61.5

59.1

400

   Did not register

54.4

43.2

49.3

823

42.8

38.5

40.9

277

Total

54.0

46.0

100.0

1671

56.3

43.7

100.0

677