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Table 4 Inequities in household ownership of mosquito nets

From: Are there geographic and socio-economic differences in incidence, burden and prevention of malaria? A study in southeast Nigeria

 

Untreated window nets n (%)

Untreated door nets n (%)

Untreated bed-nets n (%)

Insecticide treated bets nets (ITNs) n (%)

Urban-rural differences

Rural

211(24.4)

156(18.1)

27(3.1)

6(0.7)

Urban

334(42.1)

233(29.3)

68(8.6)

14(1.8)

Equity ratio

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.4

X2 (p-value)

61.65 (.0001)

31.3 (.0001)

23.6 (.0001)

4.09 (.043)

SES differences

SES quartiles

Q1 most poor

57 (10.7)

43 (11.3)

13 (13.8)

3 (15.0)

Q2 very poor

106 (19.9)

76 (19.9)

27 (28.7)

6 (30.0)

Q3 poor

179 (35.6)

134 (35.2)

24 (23.5)

3 (15.0)

Q4 least poor

191 (35.8)

128 (35.6)

30(31.9)

8 (40.0)

Equity ratio

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

X2 (p-value)

134.2 (.0001)

79.1 (.0001)

7.4 (0.60)

3.6 (.31)