Table 2.
Summary Statistics of the Variables Include in the Models.
| Variable | Measurement | Obs.(N) | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community-level education | A binary variable (1 if respondent participated in any community-level education; 0 otherwise) | 3,157 | .065 | .246 | 0 | 1 |
| Media message | A binary variable (1 if respondent has seen/heard any malaria messages on the media in the past six month; 0 otherwise) | 3,157 | .427 | .495 | 0 | 1 |
| Community-level education and media message | A binary variable (1 if respondent has seen/heard media message and participated in community-level education on prevention and control of malaria; 0 otherwise | 1,902 | .078 | .268 | 0 | 1 |
| Level of education | A categorical variable (1 None; 2 basic education and 3 secondary plus) | 3,157 | 1.172 | .964 | 0 | 3 |
| Ethnicity | A categorical variable (1 Akan; 2 Ga-Dangme; 3 Ewe; 4 Guan; 5 Mole-Dagbani; 6 Grusi; 7 Gurma; 8 Mande; 9 Other) | 3,157 | 3.618 | 2.378 | 1 | 9 |
| Wealth quintile | A categorical variable (1 poorest; 2 poorer; 3 middle; 4 richer; 5 richest) | 3,157 | 2.515 | 1.424 | 1 | 5 |
| Age | A continuous variable measuring the age of the respondent as of the time of the survey | 3,157 | 30.251 | 6.827 | 15 | 49 |
| Child’s age | A continuous variable measuring the age (in month) of the child | 3,034 | 28.193 | 17.261 | 0 | 59 |
| Children under age five | A continuous variable measuring capturing the number of children under age five in the household | 3,235 | 1.875 | 1.053 | 0 | 6 |
| Sex of child | A binary variable which takes the value 1 if the child is female and 0 if the child is male | 3,235 | .488 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Region of residence | A categorical variable (1 Western; 2 Central; 3 Greater Accra; 4 Volta; 5 Eastern; 6 Ashanti; 7 Brong Ahafo; 8 Northern; Upper East; 10 Upper West) | 3,157 | 5.767 | 2.752 | 1 | 10 |
| Geographical location | A binary variable (1 if respondent lives in urban area; 0 otherwise) | 3,157 | .382 | .486 | 0 | 1 |
| Symptoms of malaria | A continuous variable (index) ranging from 0 and 100 | 3,157 | 34.246 | 11.385 | 0 | 100 |
| Causes of malaria | A continuous variable (index) ranging from 0 and 100 | 3,157 | 40.103 | 7.730 | 16.667 | 100 |
| Malaria prevention | A continuous variable (index) ranging from 0 and 100 | 3,157 | 28.641 | 8.278 | 7.692 | 100 |
| Overall knowledge | A continuous variable (index) ranging from 0 and 100 | 3,157 | 30.754 | 6.930 | 14 | 100 |
| Mother slept under bed net | A binary variable (1 if respondent slept under bed net during night preceding the survey; 0 otherwise) | 3,235 | .583 | .493 | 0 | 1 |
| Child slept under bed net | A binary variable (1 if a child under 5 slept under bed net during night preceding the survey; 0 otherwise) | 3,142 | .624 | .485 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Authors’ computation based on data from MIC 2016.