An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

Table 9 Socio-economic variables impacting malaria prevention behaviour

Variables*	Odds Ratio	95% C.I. for Odds Ratio		P
		Lower	Upper
Factors associated with ownership and usage of bednets
Socio-economic status*
most poor	1.000
very poor	1.918	1.186	3.101	0.008
poor	3.816	2.241	6.498	<0.001
less poor	3.640	2.205	6.008	<0.001
least poor	6.849	3.885	12.076	<0.001
Factors associated with use of insecticides and repellents
Women-headed*	1.470	1.073	2.014	0.017
Factors associated with proper disposal of tins and rubbish
Women-headed*	0.708	0.514	0.974	0.034
Factors associated with bush clearing
Non-CCF*	0.687	0.547	0.864	0.001
Women-headed*	0.564	0.424	0.751	<0.001
Factors associated with boiling/treating drinking water
Women-headed*	1.929	1.240	3.000	0.004
Socio-economic status*
most poor	1.000
very poor	1.807	0.889	3.673	0.102
poor	2.315	1.157	4.632	0.018
less poor	2.384	1.187	4.791	0.015
least poor	2.185	1.053	4.534	0.036
Factors associated with not practicing any malaria prevention behaviour
Non-CCF*	1.400	1.001	1.958	0.049
Women-headed*	1.461	1.000	2.134	0.050
Socio-economic status*
most poor	1.000
very poor	0.607	0.383	0.961	0.033
poor	0.699	0.444	1.099	0.121
less poor	0.430	0.258	0.717	0.001
least poor	0.469	0.282	0.781	0.004

*Variables entered on step 1: CCF-enrolment, sex of household head, socio-economic status

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