Table 7. Knowledge of malaria amongst mothers of children U5 as it predicts access to fever treatment for their children U5 with reported fever in the past two weeks.
| Risk Factor | Total (n) | % seek | Multivariate* | ||
| aOR | 95% CI | p-value | |||
| Individual characteristics | |||||
| Any malaria knowledge | |||||
| No | 216 | 29.6 | |||
| Yes | 788 | 38.6 | 0.9 | 0.3–2.2 | 0.8 |
| Attended school | |||||
| No | 823 | 32.5 | |||
| Yes | 181 | 54.2 | 6.5 | 1.9–22.9 | 0.003 |
| Sex of Child | |||||
| Male | 522 | 31.4 | |||
| Female | 487 | 42.0 | |||
| Household characteristics | |||||
| EA Category | |||||
| Rural | 904 | 34.0 | |||
| Urban | 105 | 67.6 | 4.0 | 1.9–8.3 | 0.0002 |
| EA Altitude | |||||
| <2000 m | 726 | 38.4 | |||
| 2000–2500 m | 283 | 31.3 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | .007 |
| HH owns at least one ITN | |||||
| No | 318 | 41.5 | |||
| Yes | 691 | 33.3 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.9 | 0.01 |
| HH Wealth Quintiles | |||||
| First- Lowest | 199 | 34.4 | 5.2 | 1.2–22.1 | 0.05 |
| Second | 272 | 28.3 | 3.0 | 0.8–11.2 | 0.6 |
| Third | 178 | 37.8 | 3.1 | 1.0–9.9 | 0.4 |
| Fourth | 224 | 39.8 | 2.3 | 1.0–5.2 | 0.7 |
| Fifth- Highest | 136 | 51.8 | |||
| Interaction terms | |||||
| Any malaria knowledge*Wealth index | 0.04 | ||||
| Any malaria knowledge*Attended any school | 0.05 | ||||
*The full multivariate model included the following non-significant terms: woman's age in 5 year increments, age of child, household sprayed with insecticide in the past 12 months, and interaction terms (EA category and school attendance, and school attendance and wealth index).
aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = Confidence Intervals; EA = Enumeration area; HH = Household; ITN = Insecticide-treated nets; U5 = under 5 years of age.