Table 8.
Knowledge of Malaria and Prevention Measures Taken by Women.
| Variables | Mother Slept Under Bed Net | Child Under 5 Slept Under Bed Net | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | Non-Poor | Poor | Total | Rural | Urban | Non-Poor | Poor | Total | |
| Symptoms of malaria | .264*** (.066) | .132 (.086) | .017 (.078) | .170** (.069) | .092* (.052) | .257*** (.064) | .115 (.091) | .034 (.084) | .172*** (.066) | .111** (.053) |
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 2,000 | 1,235 | 1,458 | 1,777 | 3,235 | 1,875 | 1,154 | 1,357 | 1,672 | 3,029 |
| Pseudo R2 | .053 | .064 | .18 | .164 | .102 | .053 | .064 | .185 | .176 | .102 |
| Log pseudolikelihood | −1170.897 | −780.558 | −921.372 | −1023.417 | −1974.569 | −1170.897 | −780.558 | −921.372 | −1023.417 | −1974.569 |
| Specification test | .145 | .775 | .874 | .422 | .750 | .145 | .775 | .874 | .422 | .750 |
| Goodness–of–fit test | .132 | .211 | .135 | .276 | .241 | .239 | .54 | .344 | .437 | .241 |
| Causes of malaria | .017* (.009) | .011 (.012) | .007 (.010) | .014 (.010) | .003 (.007) | .006** (.009) | .012*** (.012) | .009** (.011) | .004 (.010) | .002 (.007) |
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 2,000 | 1,235 | 1,458 | 1,777 | 3,235 | 1,875 | 1,154 | 1,357 | 1,672 | 3,029 |
| Pseudo R2 | .047 | .064 | .181 | .05 | −733.764 | .186 | .164 | |||
| Log pseudolikelihood | −1177.439 | −781.339 | −921.183 | −1025.333 | −2014.801 | −1094.095 | .067 | −857.72 | −957.946 | −2014.801 |
| Specification test | .399 | .919 | .795 | .519 | .697 | .124 | .582 | .938 | .244 | .697 |
| Goodness–of–fit test | .113 | .127 | .287 | .176 | .211 | .1841 | .244 | .156 | .192 | .211 |
| Prevention of malaria | .022** (.009) | .027** (.012) | .015 (.010) | .024** (.010) | .001 (.007) | .038*** (.009) | .025** (.012) | .010 (.011) | .038*** (.010) | .011 (.007) |
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 2,000 | 1,235 | 1,458 | 1,777 | 3,235 | 1,875 | 1,154 | 1,357 | 1,672 | 3,029 |
| Pseudo R2 | .048 | .066 | .182 | .163 | .101 | .052 | .069 | .186 | .167 | .101 |
| Log pseudolikelihood | −1176.697 | −778.992 | −920.106 | −1023.667 | −1975.967 | −1092.489 | −732.354 | −857.198 | −955.385 | −1975.967 |
| Specification test | .786 | .825 | .572 | .594 | .548 | .344 | .869 | .944 | .408 | .548 |
| Goodness–of–fit test | .222 | .331 | .476 | .633 | .218 | .203 | .239 | .163 | .219 | .218 |
| Overall knowledge | .059*** (.016) | .050** (.021) | .012 (.019) | .046*** (.017) | .015** (.012) | .062*** (.015) | .046** (.022) | .011 (.020) | .049*** (.016) | .020** (.013) |
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 2,000 | 1,235 | 1,458 | 1,777 | 3,235 | 1,875 | 1,154 | 1,357 | 1,672 | 3,029 |
| Pseudo R2 | .052 | .066 | .189 | .1642 | .101 | .055 | .071 | .186 | .167 | .101 |
| Log pseudolikelihood | −1172.103 | −778.951 | −920.988 | −1022.773 | −1975.415 | −1088.232 | −731.908 | −857.769 | −955.209 | −1975.415 |
| Specification test | 0.3 | .813 | .683 | .532 | .732 | .187 | .595 | .997 | .268 | .732 |
| Goodness–of–fit test | .411 | .255 | .775 | .273 | .373 | .166 | .242 | .158 | .184 | .373 |
Standard errors in parentheses; ***p < .01, **p < .05, *p < .1. The control variables included in the models for the mother sleeping under bed net are her age, education, ownership of insurance, household poverty status, ethnicity, place of residence (geographical location) and regional location (dummies) of the household. In the child’s models, we included the child’s age, sex and the number of children under age 5 in the household as additional control variables. Source: Authors’ computation based on data from MIC 2016.