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Table 4 Determinants of ownership and use of ITNs among respondents

From: Malaria Parasitaemia and the use of insecticide-treated nets (INTs) for malaria control amongst under-5 year old children in Calabar, Nigeria

Variables

Univariate analysis determinant of ITNs ownership

Multivariate analysis determinants of ITNs ownershipα

Univariate analysis determinants of ITNs use

Multivariate analysis determinants of ITNs useβ

X 2

p-value

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

X 2

p-value

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

Child age (months)

4.462

0.107

  

3.360

0.186

  

1-11

  

0.43 (0.157-1.153)

0.03*

  

1.35 (0.594-3.089)

0.471

12-35

0.334

0.471

36-59 (reference)

0.67 (0.301-1.503)

0.78 (0.403-1.522)

Care-givers age (years)

1.384

0.591

  

12.917

0.002*

  

18-25

  

0.5 (0.140-1.808)

0.292

  

1.96 (0.526-7.422)

0.314

0.432

0.020*

26-35

36 & above (reference)

  

0.65 (0.227-1.886)

   

3.39 (1.214-9.471)

 

Care-givers tribe

3.487

0.175

  

0.265

0.876

  

Igbo

  

2.2 (0.9041-4.911)

0.06

  

1.36 (0.668-2.699)

0.375

Others

0.16

0.119

Efik (reference)

  

1.6 (0.827-3.221)

   

0.55 (0.260-1.166)

 

Care-givers education

6.960

0.008*

  

0.587

0.441

  

Primary/Secondary

   

0.03*

   

0.990

Tertiary (reference)

0.52 (0.288-0.930)

1.0 (0.546-1.846)

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. X 2 Chi-sqare
  3. α-2Loglikelihood = 287; Hosmer&Lemeshow Test = 0.307
  4. Β-2Loglikelihood = 273; Hosmer&LemeshowTest = 0.728
  5. *Significant p < 0.05