Equity implications of coverage and use of insecticide treated nets distributed for free or with co-payment in two districts in Tanzania: A cross-sectional comparative household survey

Table 1 Study Households characteristics of ownership and use of mosquito bed nets.

Districts
Characteristic	Mpanda		Kisarawe
1.1 Ownership of ITN and untreated net	N	%	N	%
Total number of nets	369	100	207	100
ITNs	322	87.3	127	61.4
Untreated net	47	12.7	80	38.6
Total number of HH	158	100	156	100
HH with any net	155	98.1	119	76.3
HH with ITN	142	89.9	82	52.6
HH with untreated net	13	8.2	37	23.7
HH without net	3	1.9	37	23.7
*1.2 HH use of ITN and untreated net*
Total Number of under fives	290	100	211	100
Slept under ITN	222	76.6	88	41.7
Slept under untreated net	22	7.6	30	14.2
Slept under any net (ITN+ untreated)	244	84.1	118	55.9
1.3 Probability of ownership and use of bed net in study House Hold
District	Mpanda		Kisarawe
	N	%	N	%	OR	P	CI
HH with any net	155	98.1	119	76.3	11.97	<0.001	(4.2 - 34.5)
HH with ITN	142	89.9	82	52.6	4.93	<0.001	(2.5 - 9.8)
Slept under any net	244	84.1	118	55.9	6.25	<0.001	(3.2-12.0)
Note: Do not have a net/ITN(=0)						Own a net/ITN (=1)

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