Research Article

Use of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net among Pregnant Women and Guardians of Children under Five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 5

Logistic Regression Model for ITN utilization.

VariablesBednets utilizationOR (95% CI) value
NoYes

Age
 15–29 years595 (58.1)1988 (53.4)1
 30+429 (41.9)1732 (46.6)0.8740.746–1.025>.05
Attended school
 No278 (27.1)662 (17.8)1
 Yes746 (72.9)3058 (82.2)1.3221.085–1.611<.05
Urban
 No385 (37.6)1327 (35.7)1
 Yes639 (62.4)2393 (64.3)1.2361.049–1.458<.05
Marital status-live in union
 No159 (15.5)512 (13.8)1
 Yes865 (84.5)3208 (86.2)1.0190.815–1.274>.05
Knowledge cause of malaria
 No139 (16.2)334 (9.5)1
 Yes720 (83.8)3166 (90.5)1.3781.09–1.742<.05
Perception severity
 Low167 (19.6)413 (11.9)1
 High685 (80.4)3069 (88.1)1.1890.949–1.489>.05
Perception of the ITN
 Low257 (30.1)762 (21.9)1
 High597 (69.9)2725 (78.1)1.5211.270–1.821<.05
Self-efficacy
 Low154 (18.1)252 (7.2)1
 High698 (81.9)3242 (92.8)1.9151.489–2.464<.05
Norm social
 No480 (55.9)1356 (38.6)1
 Yes378 (44.1)2156 (61.4)1.9301.645–2.265<.05
Attitude: bednets are useful
 No257 (30.0)579 (16.5)1
 Yes600 (70.0)2929 (83.5)1.5291.258–1.858<.05

Containing missing values.