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Table 6 Logit regressions based on household wealth index (Model 4)

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

 

Poora

Odds ratio

Middle classa

Odds ratio

Richa

Odds ratio

ITN (Specification 3)

0.805 (− 1.41)

1.325 (1.28)

1.229 (0.71)

IRS (Specification 3)

0.249 d (−7.35)

0.363 b (−1.88)

1.112 (0.20)

Both ITN and IRS (Specification 3)

0.257 d (−6.43)

0.752 (−0.43)

1.193 (0.24)

Individual attributes (I)

 Age

1.019d (2.61)

1.038c (2.56)

1.029b (1.68)

 Female

0.944 (−0.48)

1.095 (0.43)

0.779 (−0.90)

 Child weight

1.575d (3.16)

1.672b (1.66)

1.597 (1.14)

 Weight square

0.982d (−3.43)

0.974c (−2.21)

0.977 (−1.34)

Environmental factors (E)

 Rural

1.807d (3.28)

1.529b (1.91)

2.071c (2.03)

 Hhsize

1.048c (02.15)

1.232d (4.13)

1.046 (0.55)

Mother’s education (Base = no education)

 Primary

0.679b (−1.91)

1.350 (0.75)

2.697 (1.55)

 Secondary and above

0.605c (−2.15)

1.11 (0.35)

1.850 (1.07)

Father’s education (Base = no education)

 Primary

0.651c (−2.37)

0.878 (−0.24)

1.356 (0.32)

 Secondary and above

0.618d (−2.81)

0.888 (−0.25)

0.647 (− 0.53)

Malaria preventive measure (MP)

 IRS

0.372d (−6.12)

0.311c (−2.23)

1.056 (0.10)

 ITNbprim_edu

1.438 (1.42)

1.300 (0.58)

3.544 c (2.57)

 ITNbsec_edu

0.699 (−1.02)

0.711 (−0.63)

0.123 d (−3.23)

BCC strategies

 TV

0.795b (−1.66)

0.611c (−2.09)

0.712 (−0.71)

 Radio

0.989 (−0.08)

0.992 (−0.03)

1.109 (0.24)

 Newspaperbprim_edu

0.194 (0.37)

1.862 (0.391)

1.069 (0.11)

 Newspaper_sec_edu

0.181c (−2.28)

0.314 (−1.08)

0.552 (−0.75)

 Constant

0.218d (−4.02)

0.004c (−2.87)

0.002c (−2.31)

Pseudo R2

0.079

0.091

0.097

Prob > chi2

121.31d

50.83d

43.69d

N

1335

463

664

  1. Source: Author’s own computation from GDHS 2014 data
  2. T-statistics are in parentheses
  3. aPoorest and poorer = poor, middle = middle class, richer and richest = rich
  4. b, c, d Significant at 10, 5 and 1%, respectively
  5. Bolded variables are statistically significant