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Table 3 Posterior parameter estimates, SD, MC error, and odds ratios with their 95% credible intervals of the final model for factors associated with malaria under the age of 5 years old, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Determinants of malaria among under-five children in Ethiopia: Bayesian multilevel analysis

Variables

Categories

Estimate

SD

MC error

AOR

95% CI for AOR

Intercept

 

−1.37

1.744

0.086

  

Age in months

 

−0.004

0.008

0.0001

0.99

0.98, 1.01

Sex

Female(ref)

Male

0.09

0.268

0.002

1.14

0.65, 1.86

Sleep undernet

No(ref)

Yes

−0.59

0.288

0.003

0.58

0.31, 0.97a

No of nets

None (ref)

One

−0.81

0.491

0.007

0.50

0.16, 1.08

Two & more

−0.92

0.420

0.006

0.43

0.17, 0.88a

Have radio

No (ref)

Yes

−0.95

0.362

0.005

0.41

0.19, 0.78a

Have Electricity

No (ref)

Yes

−1.94

0.725

0.012

0.18

0.03, 1.52

Have Tv

No (ref)

Yes

−2.39

1.419

0.017

0.19

0.01, 0.89a

Roof material

Corrugate (ref)

Stick and mud

−0.01

0.541

0.006

1.15

0.34, 2.83

Thatch

−1.04

0.393

0.005

0.38

0.16, 1.02

Floor Material

Cement Floor(ref)

Earth/Sand

−1.598

0.637

0.014

0.25

0.06, 1.01

wood floor

−1.432

0.892

0.015

0.35

0.04, 1.39

Toilet facility

No facility (ref)

Pit latrine

−0.06

0.362

0.004

1.01

0.47, 1.94

Latrine with flush

−0.20

0.735

0.007

1.06

0.18, 3.28

Interior Wall

No (ref)

Yes

−0.37

0.408

0.006

0.75

0.30, 1.47

Time to get Water

30 min&longer (ref)

less than 30 min

−0.40

0.339

0.005

0.71

0.34, 1.30

Water Source

Protected

Water (ref)

0.05

0.423

0.006

1.15

0.47, 2.47

Tap Water

−0.01

0.439

0.005

1.09

0.42, 2.37

Unprotected Water

Altitude

 

−3.06

0.565

0.023

0.05

0.01, 0.13a

  1. aStatistically significant variables at the 95% credible interval, ref reference