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Table 1 Characteristics of households at low and high altitudinal strata in Butajira area, Ethiopia, October-November 2008

From: Ownership and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia: complex samples data analysis

Household characteristics

Altitudinal strata

Pearson chi-square; P-value

Low (n = 286)

High (n = 453)

Total (N = 739)

Respondent gender

   

1.4; 0.2

Male

121 (42.3)

212 (46.8)

333 (45.1)

 

Female

165 (57.7)

241 (53.2)

406 (54.9)

 

Household-head gender

   

0.2; 0.6

Male

192 (67.1)

312 (68.9)

504 (68.2)

 

Female

94 (32.9)

141 (31.1)

235 (31.8)

 

Education status

   

49.4; < 0.001

No schooling at all

3 2 (11.2)

1 (0.2)

33 (4.5)

 

Schooling*

254 (88.8)

452 (99.8)

706 (95.5)

 

Wealth status

   

17.3; < 0.001

Low

107 (37.4)

121 (26.7)

228 (30.9)

 

Middle

77 (26.9)

187 (41.3)

264 (35.7)

 

Higher

102 (35.7)

145 (32.0)

247 (33.4)

 

Number of beds

   

9.5; < 0.002

1

206 (72.0)

370 (81.7)

576 (77.9)

 

2-5

80 (28.0)

83 (18.3)

163 (22.1)

 

Mosquito source reduction

   

78.9; < 0.001

No

207 (72.4)

176 (38.9)

383 (51.8)

 

Yes

79 (27.6)

277 (61.1)

356 (48.2)

 

Permanent water body

   

177.6; < 0.001

None

106 (37.1)

5 (1.1)

111 (15.0)

 

< 1 km

96 (33.6)

236 (52.1)

332 (44.9)

 

≥1 km

84 (29.4)

212 (46.8)

296 (40.1)

 

Occupation farming

   

9.2; 002

No

96 (33.6)

203 (44.8)

299 (40.5)

 

Yes

190 (66.4)

250 (55.2)

440 (59.5)

 
  1. *Read and write to complete grade 12.