Table 3

Determinants of mosquito net use among the under-fives in Uganda – separately for mothers using and not using mother using nets, 2000

Mother sleeps under mosquito net

Mother does not sleeps under mosquito net

Odds Ratio

Std. Err.

Z-statistic

Odds Ratio

Std. Err.

Z-statistic

Single birth (1 = yes, 0 = no)

0.21

0.22

-1.52

Sex of Child (1 = male, 0 = female)

0.80

0.29

-0.62

1.10

0.47

0.22

Current marital status [never married]

Married

3.53

2.32

1.92

16.25

14.33

3.16*

Living with partner

8.49

6.49

2.8*

21.03

20.66

3.1*

Not living with partner

1.87

1.98

0.59

1.62

2.23

0.35

Vocational training [None]

Teacher

0.48

0.37

-0.95

0.02

0.03

-2.5*

Paramedical

0.21

0.30

-1.08

Others

0.57

0.27

-1.17

0.34

0.22

-1.66

Wealth index [lowest 20%]

Next 20% from lowest

3.74E-08

3.11E-08

-20.6**

0.03

0.03

-3.23**

Middle 20%

8.01E-08

.

.

0.02

0.03

-2.25*

Next 20% from highest

1.74E-08

1.27E-08

-24.5**

0.08

0.10

-1.98*

Highest 20%

7.82E-09

5.84E-09

-25.0**

0.04

0.05

-2.67*

Residence (0 = urban, 1 = rural)

0.77

0.39

-0.52

0.09

0.07

-3.21**

Youngest child (1 = yes, 0 = no)

9.17

3.65

5.57**

1.33

0.62

0.61

[ ] comparison category **significant at 99% confidence level *significant at 95% confidence level Note: education level, ownership of property (radio, television, refrigerator, and bicycle), and religion were not significant and therefore not shown.

Mugisha and Arinaitwe Malaria Journal 2003 2:40   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-40