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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of determinants of bednet ownership and use among pregnant women

Variables	Analysis of ownership of bednets among all respondents (N₁ = 2348)				Analysis of use of ITN among only PW who owned a bednets (N₂ = 677)
	95% CI for Odds Ratio				95% CI for Odds Ratio
	Odds Ratio	Sig	Lower	Upper	Odds Ratio	Sig	Lower	Upper
Urban	0.805*	0.029	0.663	0.978	1.866*	0.001	1.284	2.712
ageto25	1.105	0.306	0.913	1.338	0.703	0.064	0.484	1.021
Qur'anic	1.374	0.063	0.983	1.921	1.059	0.872	0.529	2.118
Primary	1.276	0.110	0.946	1.720	1.568	0.136	0.868	2.832
Secondary	1.155	0.314	0.872	1.531	0.992	0.977	0.562	1.751
Higher	1.309	0.178	0.884	1.936	1.289	0.485	0.632	2.627
Knowledge of causes of malaria	1.090	0.561	0.815	1.459	0.686	0.221	0.375	1.254
Misconception about causes of malaria	1.010	0.930	0.817	1.247	0.806	0.305	0.535	1.216
Knowledge of malaria prevention	0.807	0.113	0.619	1.052	0.945	0.855	0.517	1.727
No Misconception about prevention	0.977	0.826	0.792	1.205	1.551*	0.036	1.029	2.339
Knowledge that ITN prevents against malaria	3.850*	<0.0001	3.073	4.824	2.931*	<0.0001	1.864	4.610
Knowledge that malaria is harmful in pregnancy	1.281	0.166	0.903	1.817	2.006	0.124	0.827	4.864
Knowledge of risks of malaria in pregnancy	0.832	0.092	0.671	1.031	1.211	0.369	0.798	1.837
Registered for ANC	1.340*	0.003	1.105	1.626	1.192	0.364	0.816	1.740

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