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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents and their households among case and control households

From: Individual and household factors associated with ownership of long-lasting insecticidal nets and malaria infection in south-central Ethiopia: a case–control study

Characteristics

Total, n (%)

Cases, n (%)

Control, n (%)

P value

Sex

 Male

561 (98.8)

188 (98.4)

373 (98.9)

0.603

 Female

7 (1.2)

3 (1.6)

4 (1.1)

 

Age (years) groups

 18–24

42 (7.4)

17 (8.9)

25 (6.6)

 

 25–34

244 (43.0)

75 (39.3)

169 (44.8)

0.654

 35–44

193 (34.0)

70 (36.6)

123 (32.6)

 

 45–54

67 (11.8)

22 (11.5)

45 (11.9)

 

 ≥ 55

22 (3.9)

7 (3.7)

15 (4.0)

 

Marital status

 Married

550 (96.8)

184 (96.3)

366 (97.1)

0.631

 Other

18 (3.2)

7 (3.7)

11 (2.9)

 

Religion

 Muslim

517 (91.0)

170 (89.0)

347 (92.0)

0.232

 Christian

51 (9.0)

21 (11.0)

30 (8.0)

 

Ethnicity

 Oromo

559 (98.4)

188 (98.4)

371 (98.4)

0.985

 Other

9 (1.6)

3 (1.6)

6 (1.6)

 

Educational status

 No education

162 (28.5)

52 (27.2)

110 (29.2)

 

 Read and write

319 (56.2)

113 (59.2)

206 (54.6)

0.555

 Primary (grade 1–6) or higher

87 (15.3)

26 (13.6)

61 (16.2)

 

Occupation

 Farmer

513 (90.3)

172 (90.1)

341 (90.5)

0.879

 Other

55 (9.7)

19 (9.9)

36 (9.5)

 

Household size

 < 5

293 (51.6)

90 (47.1)

203 (53.8)

0.130

 ≥ 5

275 (48.4)

101 (52.9)

174 (46.2)

 

Household wall structure

 Wood only

60 (10.6)

23 (12.0)

37 (9.8)

 

 Wood with mud

464 (81.7)

148 (77.5)

316 (83.8)

0.137

 Wood with mud and cement

44 (7.7)

20 (10.5)

24 (6.4)

 

Household roof structure

 Corrugated iron

200 (35.2)

69 (36.1)

131 (34.7)

0.745

 Thatched

368 (64.8)

122 (63.9)

246 (65.3)

 

Toilet facility

 Pit latrine

503 (88.6)

168 (88.0)

335 (88.9)

 

 VIP/flush latrine

39 (6.9)

14 (7.3)

25 (6.6)

0.945

 No latrine

26 (4.6)

9 (4.7)

17 (4.5)

 

Household wealth index

 Lower (very poor)

189 (33.3)

63 (33.0)

126 (33.4)

 

 Middle

192 (33.8)

65 (34.0)

127 (33.7)

0.994

 Higher (least poor)

187 (32.9)

63 (33.0)

124 (32.9)

 

N

568

191

377