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Table 4 Logit regressions for determinants of malaria infection among children under-five

From: Malaria infection among children under-five: the use of large-scale interventions in Ghana

 

Spec. 1

Spec. 2

Spec. 3

Spec. 4

I

Odds ratio

I + E

Odds ratio

I + E + MP

Odds ratio

I + E + MP+(MPaE)

Odds ratio

Individual attributes (I)

 Age

0.040c (0.005)

1.041

0.023c (0.006)

1.023

0.022c (0.06)

1.023

0.024c (0.006)

1.023

 Female

−0.080 (0.085)

 

−0.047 (− 0.094)

 

− 0.057 (0.097)

 

− 0.040 (0.096)

 

 Child weight

0.241b (0.109)

1.272

0.454c (0.118)

1.574

0.432c (0.122)

1.540

0.447c (0.128)

1.563

 Weight_sq

−0.016 c (0.004)

0.985

−0.020c (0.004)

0.981

−0.019c (0.005)

0.981

−0.019c (0.005)

0.981

Environmental factors (E)

 Rural

  

0.579c (0.124)

1.785

0.591c (0.129)

1.805

0.557c (0.129)

1.745

 Hhsize

  

0.070c (0.019)

1.072

0.063c (0.020)

1.065

0.071c (0.019)

1.074

Wealth index (Base = Poorest)

 Poorer

  

0.116 (0.124)

 

−0.093 (0.134)

 

−0.089 (0.131)

 

 Middle

  

−0.446c (0.146)

0.640

−0.636c (0.164)

0.529

−0.441c (0.158)

0.643

 Richer

  

−1.507c (0.205)

0.222

−1.647c (0.235)

0.193

−1.422c (0.225)

0.241

 Richest

  

−1.965c (0.277)

0.140

−2.017c (0.290)

0.133

−1.807c (0.297)

0.164

Mother’s education (Base = no education)

 Primary

  

0.166 (0.145)

 

0.085 (0.151)

 

−0.146 (0.188)

 

 Secondary and above

  

−0.557c (0.135)

0.573

−0.688c (0.145)

0.503

−0.347b (0.172)

0.749

Father’s education (Base = no education)

 Primary

  

−0.211 (0.195)

 

−0.312a (0.168)

0.732

−0.352b (0.162)

0.693

 Secondary and above

  

−0.483c (0.141)

0.617

−0.511c (0.151)

0.600

−0.352c (0.149)

0.677

(Base = not protected)

 ITN

    

−0.001 (0.111)

   

 IRS

    

−1.167c (0.169)

0.312

−0.916c (0.151)

0.400

 Both ITN and IRS

    

−1.113c (0.194)

0.329

  

BCC strategies

 Television

    

−0.325c (0.115)

0.722

−0.336c (0.115)

0.715

 Radio

    

0.009 (0.118)

 

−0.010 (0.116)

 

 Newspaper

    

−0.216 (0.186)

   

Interactions

 ITNaprimary education

      

0.409a (0.213)

 

 ITNasecondary education

      

−0.289c (0.148)

0.545

 Newspaperaprimary education

      

0.501 (0.374)

 

 Newspaperasecondary education

      

−1.432c (0.517)

0.239

 Constant

−0.829c (0.630)

 

−4.343c (0.770)

 

−3.567c (0.804)

 

−3.965c (0.786)

 

Reflection point for child weight

7.43

 

11.56

 

11.49

 

11.48

 

 Pseudo R2

0.0251

 

0.175

 

0.206

 

0.197

 

 Prob > chi2

86.28c

 

404.86c

 

449.34c

 

442.60c

 

N

2462

 

2462

 

2449

 

2449

 
  1. Source: Author’s own computation from GDHS 2014
  2. Robust standard errors are in parentheses
  3. a, b, c Significant at 10, 5 and 1%, respectively
  4. Bolded variables are statistically significant