The Effect of Mass Media Campaign on the Use of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets among Pregnant Women in Nigeria

Table 1

Percentage distribution of the demographic characteristics of the respondents included in the survey.

Characteristics	Urban (𝑛=1064)		Rural (𝑛=1284)		Total (𝑛=2348)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Age of respondent
Below 26 years	331	31.1	505	39.3	836	35.6
26 years and above	733	68.9	779	60.7	1512	64.4
Education
None	137	12.9	316	24.6	453	19.3
Qur’anic only	114	12.3	208	21.5	322	13.7
Primary	210	22.7	326	33.7	536	22.8
Secondary	466	50.3	369	31.8	835	35.6
Higher	137	14.8	65	6.7	202	8.6
Geopolitical zones
Northwest	197	18.5	260	20.2	457	19.4
Northeast	184	17.3	268	20.9	452	19.3
North-central	189	17.8	263	20.5	452	19.3
Southwest	247	23.1	101	7.9	348	14.8
Southeast	110	10.3	188	14.6	298	12.7
South-south	137	12.9	204	15.9	341	14.5
Occupation
Formal job	87	8.2	51	3.9	138	5.9
Self-employed	366	34.4	387	30.2	753	32.0
Housewives	397	37.3	481	37.5	878	37.4
Others	248	22.3	331	29.3	579	24.7
ANC attendance
Registered	618	58.1	630	49.1	1248	53.2
Did not register	446	41.9	654	50.9	1100	46.8
Ownership of nets
Yes	296	34.8	381	35.6	677	35.3
No	557	65.3	1114	64.3	1671	64.7
Received IPT
Yes	247	23.2	282	22	529	22.5
No	817	76.8	1002	78	1819	77.5