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Table 2 Participant demographic characteristics

From: “We are supposed to take care of it”: a qualitative examination of care and repair behaviour of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Demographic characteristics of participants

FGD

IDI

Total

N = 55

N = 18

N = 73

LGA of residence

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Kokona

38 (69)

11 (61)

49 (67)

Toto

17 (31)

7 (39)

24 (33)

Sex

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Male

30 (55)

7 (39)

37 (51)

Female

25 (45)

11 (61)

36 (49)

Median age

35

27

33

Marital status

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Never married

1 (2)

2 (11)

3 (4)

Married

51 (93)

16 (89)

67 (92)

Widowed

3 (5)

0 (0)

3 (4)

Divorced

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Mean number of children

6.2

4.8

5.8

Mean household size

12.8

11.5

12.5

Mean number of nets in household

5.1

3.8

4.8