Background
Empirical studies on ITN usage and health outcomes
Methods
Model specification
Data source
Results and discussion
Descriptive statistics
Explanatory variable | Variables description | Mean | SD |
---|---|---|---|
Under-five death | Whether the child died before age 5 | 0.148 | 0.355 |
Birth order | Childs birth order | 3.305 | 2.166 |
Mother’s education | Years of schooling of the mother | 1.238 | 3.024 |
Male | Male child | 0.514 | 0.5 |
Upper East | Whether the child is in the Upper East region | 0.407 | 0.491 |
Northern | Whether the child is in the Northern region | 0.264 | 0.441 |
Upper West | Whether the child is in the Upper West region | 0.328 | 0.47 |
Partner’s education | Husbands years of schooling | 7.424 | 21.617 |
Female head | Female headed household | 0.163 | 0.37 |
No net | Whether child use no net for sleeping | 0.521 | 0.499 |
Only treated net | Whether child use only treated net for sleeping | 0.231 | 0.422 |
Only untreated net | Whether child use only untreated net for sleeping | 0.242 | 0.432 |
Household size | Total household members | 7.324 | 3.337 |
Urban | Whether the child lives in an urban area | 0.177 | 0.382 |
Health facility | Whether the child was delivered at a health facility | 0.093 | 0.29 |
Mothers age | Age of the mother | 36.677 | 7.579 |
Poorest | Whether the child belongs to a poorest household | 0.645 | 0.478 |
Poorer | Whether the child belongs to a poorer household | 0.175 | 0.380 |
Middle | Whether the child belongs to a middle wealth household | 0.090 | 0.286 |
Richer | Whether the child belongs to a richer household | 0.059 | 0.236 |
Richest | Whether the child belongs to a richest household | 0.030 | 0.170 |
Regression analysis
Explanatory variables | Coefficient | Odds ratio |
---|---|---|
Birth order | −0.079 (0.025)*** | 0.924 |
Mother’s education (in years) | −0.016 (0.019) | |
Male (1/0) | 0.177 (0.093)* | 1.193 |
Region (base = Upper East) | ||
Northern | 0.300 (0.128)*** | 1.357 |
Upper West | 0.405 (0.129)*** | 1.506 |
Father’s education (in years) | −0.0003 (0.002) | |
Female household head (1/0) | −0.061 (0.137) | |
Bed net use (base = no net) | ||
Only treated nets | −0.209 (0.094)** | 0.812 |
Only untreated nets | 0.041 (0.115) | |
Household size | −0.028 (0.016)* | 0.978 |
Urban (1/0) | 0.286 (0.286)* | 1.302 |
Health facility (1/0) | −0.343 (0.208)* | 0.713 |
Mother’s age (in years) | 0.040 (0.007)*** | 1.041 |
Wealth index (base = poorest) | ||
Poorer | −0.407 (0.136)*** | 0.665 |
Middle | −0.591 (0.207)*** | 0.560 |
Richer | −0.234 (0.226) | |
Richest | −0.730 (0.377)* | 0.478 |
Constant | −3.155 (0.334)*** | |
N | 3,839 | |
Pseudo R2
| 0.028 | |
Prob > χ2
| 91.14*** | |
Goodness of fit test (p-value) | 0.465 | |
Link test (y_hat) (y-hatsq) | 0.000 0.432 |