Determinants of use of insecticide-treated nets among pregnant women in Nigeria

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Table 1 Background characteristics of study population

Background characteristics (n=850)	%
Age category
15–19 years	12.2
20–24 years	22.5
25–29 years	23.2
30–34 years	17.7
35–40 years	15.7
40–49 years	8.7
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	94.2
Never married	3.2
Formally married	2.6
Educational attainment
No education	36.8
Quranic only	14.1
Primary only	19.3
Secondary	25.2
Tertiary	4.6
Location (urban–rural)
Urban	26.8
Rural	73.2
Total	100.0

Figure 1 Proportion of pregnant women who have ever heard of a net, own a net, are confident can hang or use a net, and slept under a net.

Abbreviation: ITN, insecticide-treated net.

Table 2 Percentage of pregnant women who slept under ITN the last night before the survey by selected characteristics

Selected characteristics (n=850)	%	P-value
Age category 1
15–19 years	21.2	0.129
20–24 years	25.1
25–29 years	18.8
30–34 years	15.3
35–40 years	18.0
40–49 years	12.2
Marital category
Married or cohabiting	19.8	0.221
Never married	7.4
Formerly married	13.6
Educational attainment
No education	21.7	0.001
Quranic only	30.8
Primary only	14.0
Secondary	13.1
Tertiary	17.9
Location (urban–rural)
Urban	14.5	0.020
Rural	20.9
Level of education (at least primary or Quranic education)
Some education	17.7	0.089
No education	21.7
Level of education (at least a secondary school education)
Secondary or tertiary	13.8	0.018
Primary of Quranic	21.1
Ever heard of nets
No	5.3	0.002
Yes	20.3
Owns a net
No	0.3	0.0001
Yes	29.7
Confident to hang or use a net
No	3.4	0.0001
Yes	22.7
Knows that use of an ITN/LLIN can prevent malaria in pregnancy
No	14.0	0.0001
Yes	27.5
Length of time net is owned
Within last 6 months	27.8	0.322
More than 6 months	30.5
Length of time net is owned (at least 12 months)
Within 12 months	30.1	0.487
More than 12 months	29.5
Number of nets owned by household (one net)
Owns one net	30.4	0.487
More than one net	29.6
Number of nets owned by household (at least two nets)
Owns at most two nets	28.2	0.067
Owns more than two nets	35.8
Number of nets owned by household (at least three nets)
Owns at most three nets	28.2	0.023
Owns more than three nets	40.4
Number of nets owned by household (two nets)
Owns two nets	26.9	0.080
More or less than two nets	32.7

Abbreviations: ITN, insecticide-treated net; LLIN, long-lasting insecticidal net.

Table 3 Result of multiple logistics regression

	P-value	OR	95% CI
			Lower	Upper
Location (urban–rural)	0.368	1.258	0.763	2.072
Had at least a secondary education	0.099	1.496	0.926	2.415
Ever heard of nets	0.258	2.364	0.532	10.497
Knows that the use of an ITN/LLIN can protect pregnant woman from malaria	0.012	1.813	1.142	2.877
Confident can hang or use a net	0.002	9.506	2.276	39.700
Constant	0.0001	0.006

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ITN, insecticide-treated net; LLIN, long-lasting insecticidal net.