Utilization of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets (ITNs) among Caregivers of Children under Five Years in the Ho Municipality

Table 2

Factors associated with ITN utilization.

	Variables	Frequency [N=260] N(%)	COR (95%) p-value	AOR(95%) p-value
Age distribution	17-25	Ref.
	26-35	49(32.3)	0.51(0.27,0.98)0.045	2.00(0.00,0.02)<0.001
	36 and above	41(39.4)	0.54(0.28,1.06)0.071
Education status	None	Ref.
	JHS	32(48.5)	0.54(0.24,1.25)0.149	1.16(0.91,1.49)0.240
	Primary	20(66.7)	2.07(0.86,5.02)0.106
	SHS	23(46.0)	0.91(0.44,1.88)0.794
	Tertiary	31(30.7)	0.47(0.25,0.90)0.022
Employment status	Unemployed	Ref.
	Employed	102(39.7)	0.42(0.19,0.95)0.036	1.51(0.47,4.92)0.490
Marital status	Co-habiting	Ref.
	Married	70(38.5)	11.91(0.68,207.78)0.090	5.50(0.15,200.76)0.353
	Separated	18(81.82)	78.11(3.79,1608.07)0.005	4.96(0.60,41.24)0.139
	Single	30(44.8)	15.45(0.86,276.31)0.063	0.60(0.47,7.69)0.698
Religion	Christian	Ref.
	Moslem	4(21.0)	0.38(0.13,1.11)0.076	0.43(0.13,1.44)0.173
Awareness of ITN use	No	Ref.
	Yes	278(98.2)	10.50(3.87,28.54)<0.001	0.41(0.13,1.23)0.118
Household size	1-4	Ref.
	5-10	11(35.5)	0.76(0.36,1.63)0.480	1.82(0.44,7.44)0.402
Awareness of ITN side effects	No	Ref.
	Yes	64(33.7)	0.37(0.22,0.61)<0.001	0.51(0.19,1.37)0.180
ITN too costly	No	Ref.
	Yes	25(36.8)	0.77(0.44,1.34)0.354	1.34(0.50,3.60)0.552