Table 1.

Variables recoding procedures of Malaria Indicator Survey datasets

Variables	Code at MIS Dataset	Categories in MIS	Recoding procedure
Level one variables (individual level variables)
Number of children under 5	v137	One	Recoded as 1 = "one", 2 = "two", 3 = "three ", 4 = "four", 5 = "five or above"
		Two
		Three
		Four
		Five or above
Age of the child (in years)	hw1	One year old	Recoded as 1 = “min/12 months”, 2 = “13/24 months”, 3 = “25/36 months”, 4 = “37/48 months”, and 5 = ”49/60 months”
		Two years old
		Three years old
		Four years old
		Five years old
Sex of the child	b4	Male	Recoded as 1 = ” male” and 2 = “female”
		female
Wealth index	v190	Poorest	Recoded as 1 = “poorest”, 2 = “poorer”, 3 = “middle”, 4 = “richer” and 5 = “richest”
		Poorer
		Middle
		Richer
		Richest
Had fever in last two weeks	h22	Yes	Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No”
		No
Had malaria	S406	Yes	Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No”
		No
Mother’s highest level of education	v106	No education	Recoded as 0 = “no education”, 1 = “primary”, 2 = “secondary”, and 3 = “Higher”
		Primary
		Secondary
		Higher
		No education
		Yes
Level two variables (community variables)
Type of place of residence	v025	Urban	Recoded as 1 = “Urban” 2 = “Rural”
		Rural
Country code	v000	This cell needs a hand
Dependent variables
Anti-malarial taken for malaria	This was deducted by code from the dataset	Yes	Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No”
		No
Random effect variables
Sampling weight	v005	For weighting the observation
Primary sampling unit (PSU)	v021	For sample selection
Strata	v022	For stratification