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Table 2 Relationships of household characteristics of and ITN ownership status 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

Household own LLINs

Pearson chi-square; P-value

No (n = 568)

Yes (n = 171)

Total (N = 739)

Respondent gender

   

0.78; 0.4

Male

261 (46.0)

72 (42.1)

333 (45.1)

 

Female

307 (54.0)

99 (57.9)

406 (54.9)

 

Household-head gender

   

3.8; 0.05

Male

377 (66.4)

127 (74.3)

504 (68.2)

 

Female

191 (33.6)

44 (25.7)

235 (31.8)

 

Education status

   

89.2; < 0.001

No schooling at all

3 (0.5)

30 (17.5)

33 (4.5)

 

Schooling

565 (99.5)

141 (82.5)

706 (95.5)

 

Wealth status

   

21.7; < 0.001

Low

153 (26.9)

75 (43.9)

228 (30.9)

 

Middle

224 (39.4)

40 (23.4)

264 (35.7)

 

Higher

191 (33.6)

56 (32.7)

247 (33.4)

 

Number of beds

   

13.2; < 0.001

1

460 (81.0)

116 (67.8)

576 (77.9)

 

2-5

108 (19.0)

55 (32.2)

163 (22.1)

 

Mosquito source reduction*

   

60.0; < 0.001

No

250 (44.0)

133 (77.8)

383 (51.8)

 

Yes

318 (56.0)

38 (22.2)

356 (48.2)

 

Distance of permanent water body

   

76.6; < 0.001

No permanent water body

51 (9.0)

60 (35.1)

111 (15.0)

 

< 1 km

260 (45.8)

72 (42.1)

332 (44.9)

 

≥1 km

257 (45.2)

39 (22.8)

296 (40.1)

 

Occupation farming

   

5.5; 02

No

243 (42.8)

56 (32.7)

299 (40.5)

 

Yes

325 (57.2)

115 (67.3)

440 (59.5)

 

Altitudinal Strata

   

253.0; < 0.001

Low

131 (23.1)

155 (90.6)

286 (38.7)

 

High

437 (76.9)

16 (9.4)

453 (61.3)

 
  1. *Refilling & draining of mosquito breeding sites.