Relationship between the Usage of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets (LLITNs) and Malaria Prevalence among School-Age Children in Southwestern Nigeria

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Variables	Oye (%) N = 657	Ikole (%) N = 656	Total (%) N = 1313
Age (years)			9.5 ± 2.3
6–8	244 (37.1)	246 (37.5)	490 (37.3)
9–11	246 (37.4)	238 (36.3)	484 (36.9)
≥11	167 (25.5)	172 (26.2)	339 (25.8)
Gender
Male	336 (51.1)	351 (53.5)	687 (52.3)
Female	321 (48.9)	305 (46.5)	626 (47.7)
Mother’s education
Primary	102 (15.5)	72 (11.0)	174 (13.3)
Secondary	429 (65.3)	410 (62.5)	839 (63.9)
Tertiary	126 (19.2)	174 (26.5)	300 (22.8)
Mother’s occupation
Farmer	69 (10.5)	29 (4.4)	98 (7.5)
Trader	147 (22.4)	31 (4.7)	178 (13.6)
Self-employed	254 (38.7)	399 (60.8)	653 (49.7)
Civil service	168 (25.6)	197 (30.0)	365 (27.8)
Others	19 (2.9)	0 (0.0)	19 (1.4)
Religion
Christian	533 (81.1)	560 (85.4)	1093 (83.2)
Islam	124 (18.9)	96 (14.6)	220 (16.8)
Ethnicity
Yoruba	610 (92.8)	622 (94.8)	1232 (93.8)
Igbo	37 (5.6)	25 (3.8)	62 (4.7)
Hausa	10 (1.5)	9 (1.4)	19 (1.5)
Household size
≤4	358 (54.5)	422 (64.3)	780 (59.4)
>4	299 (45.5)	234 (35.7)	533 (40.6)
Access to electricity
Yes	475 (72.3)	479 (73.0)	954 (72.7)
No	182 (27.7)	177 (27.0)	359 (27.3)