Assessment of the Status of Awareness, Ownership, and Usage of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets after Mass Distribution in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Table 1

(a) Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents

Variables	N = 352	Percentage (%)
Age
18 – 30	259	73.6
31 – 40	38	10.8
41 – 50	49	13.9
>50	6	1.7
Gender
Male	144	40.9
Female	208	59.1
Education level
None	2	0.6
Primary	12	3.4
Secondary	73	20.7
Tertiary	265	75.3
Marital status
Single	160	45.5
Married	187	53.1
Divorced	5	1.4

(b) Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents

Variables	N = 352	Percentage (%)
Religion
Christianity	309	87.8
Islam	36	10.2
Traditionalists	7	2.0
Ethnicity
Yoruba	286	81.3
Igbo	25	7.1
Hausa	12	3.4
Ebira and others	29	8.2
Occupation
Civil servants	142	40.3
Self employed	67	19.0
Farmers	15	4.3
Students	128	36.5
Average Income
<Poverty Line (<$57)	168	47.8
≥Poverty Line (>$57)	184	52.2

$57 is the expected minimum income per month equivalent of $1.90 per day. (Poverty/Data [Internet]. Data.worldbank.org.2017).