Research Article
Assessment of the Status of Awareness, Ownership, and Usage of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets after Mass Distribution in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Table 4
Relationships between usage of LLINs and sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.
| | Usage of Insecticide Treated Net | | Variables | Yes | No | χ2 | P value | | n=238 (%) | n = 114 (%) |
| | Age | | | | | | 18 – 30 | 176 (68.0) | 83 (32.0) | | 0.008 | | 31 – 40 | 19 (50.0) | 19 (50.0) | | | | 41 – 50 | 37 (75.5) | 12 (24.5) | | | | >50 | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 85 (59.0) | 59 (41.0) | 8.204 | 0.004 | | Female | 153 (73.6) | 55 (26.4) | | | | Education level | | | | | | None | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | 0.565 | | Primary | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | | | | Secondary | 49 (67.1) | 24 (32.9) | | | | Tertiary | 180 (67.9) | 85 (32.1) | | | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 88 (55.0) | 72 (45.0) | 24.721 | <0.001 | | Married | 148 (79.1) | 39 (20.9) | | | | Divorced | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | | | | Religion | | | | | | Christianity | 207 (67.0) | 102 (33.0) | | 0.515 | | Islam | 27 (75.0) | 9 (25.0) | | | | Traditionalists | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | | | | Ethnicity | | | | | | Yoruba | 199 (69.6) | 87 (30.4) | | 0.390 | | Igbo | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) | | | | Hausa | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | | | | Ebira and others | 17 (58.6) | 12 (41.4) | | | | Occupation | | | | | | Civil servants | 111 (78.2) | 31 (21.8) | 12.739 | 0.005 | | Self employed | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | | | | Farmers | 43 (64.2) | 24 (35.8) | | | | Students | 75 (58.6) | 53 (41.4) | | | | Average Income | | | 13.576 | 0.004 | | <Poverty Line (<$57) | 102 (60.7) | 66 (39.3) | | | | ≥Poverty Line (≥$57) | 136 (73.9) | 48 (26.1) | | |
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exact test applied. $5 is the expected minimum income per month equivalent of $1.90 per day. (Poverty/Data [Internet]. Data.worldbank.org.2017). |
