Table 5 Bivariate analyses of factors associated with bed net ownership and use among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, DRC in 2005/06.
Net Ownership | Sleeping under a Net | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
In your opinion, do you think that most people where you live | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
are worried/concerned about getting malaria | 0.52 | 0.28, 0.95 | 0.52 | 0.27, 0.98 |
believe that using a mosquito net is the best way for prevention against malaria | 0.84 | 0.43, 1.7 | 0.68 | 0.34, 1.4 |
would rather buy other things for home rather than buy a mosquito net | 1.4 | 0.76, 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.76, 3.3 |
prefer using a mosquito net that they have bought rather than one given to them for free | 0.47 | 0.26, 0.85 | 0.44 | 0.23, 0.86 |
In your own opinion, do you believe ‡ | ||||
you would prefer using a mosquito net you have bought better than one given to you for free | 0.43 | 0.26, 0.69 | 0.32 | 0.18, 0.58 |
you wouldn't afford to buy a mosquito net if you didn't receive one for free | 0.30 | 0.13, 0.65 | 0.33 | 0.13, 0.79 |
it is useless to use a mosquito net because you can suffer from malaria anyway | 0.79 | 0.45, 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.62, 2.0 |
that obtaining a mosquito net in the community where you live is easy | 1.7 | 1.0, 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.1, 3.1 |
that it is more difficult to use a mosquito net than taking drugs when you suffer from malaria | 0.64 | 0.23, 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.48, 3.4 |
that children suffer from malaria more than adults do | 0.39 | 0.23, 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.23, 0.72 |
it's difficult to use a mosquito net | 0.41 | 0.15, 1.1 | 0.48 | 0.16, 1.4 |
that mosquito nets that you have to buy are better quality (more effective in preventing malaria) than nets that are given out for free | 1.3 | 0.45, 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.35, 3.6 |