Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

Sex

 Female

720 (63.6%)

392 (54.4%)

0.02

 Male

414 (36.5%)

255 (61.6%)

Age (years)

 < 5

75 (6.6%)

34 (45.3%)

 5–15

415 (36.6%)

283 (68.2%)

 < 0.0001

 > 15

644 (56.8%)

330 (51.2%)

ITN Ownership

 Yes

781 (68.7%)

453 (58.0%)

0.22

 No

353 (31.1%)

194 (54.9%)

ITN usage

 Yes

313 (40.1%)

145 (46.3%)

 < 0.0001

 No

468 (59.9%)

278 (59.4%)

Study site

 Nkwanta South

466 (41.1%)

321 (68.8%)

 Sekyere South

416 (36.7%)

183 (44.0%)

 < 0.0001

 Ga South

253 (22.2%)

143 (55.8%)