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. 2011 Jul 29;10:211. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-211

Table 2.

Analysis of household attributes associated with malaria parasitaemia

Attribute n/N (%) ORβ, (95% CI) p ORγ, (95% CI) p
Unadjusted Adjusted

Gender of household head

Female 176/796 (22.1) 1 - 1 -

Male 188/827 (22.7) 1.04 (0.82 - 1.31) 0.764 0.99 (0.77 - 1.27) 0.954

Age group of household head

15 - 29 39/180 (21.7) 1 - 1 -

30 - 39 74/447 (16.6) 0.71 (0.46 - 1.10) 0.003* 0.75 (0.47 - 1.20) 0.042*

40 - 49 107/428 (25.0) 1.21 (0.79 - 1.83) 1.26 (0.79 - 2.03)

50 - 59 65/225 (28.9) 1.47 (0.93 - 2.32) 1.38 (0.82 - 2.34)

60+ 71/317 (22.4) 1.04 (0.67 - 1.62) 1.12 (0.66 - 1.91)

Household head educational level

None 164/586 (28.0) 1 - 1 -

Primary 42/200 (21.0) 0.68 (0.47 - 1.01) < 0.001* 0.78 (0.51 - 1.18) 0.499*

Middle/JHS 125/631 (19.8) 0.64 (0.49 - 0.83) 0.80 (0.58 - 1.10)

> middle/JHS 31/207 (15.0) 0.45 (0.30 - 0.69) 0.86 (0.52 - 1.41)

Household socioeconomic status

Poorest 103/348 (29.6) 1 - 1 -

Second 81/323 (25.1) 0.80 (0.57 - 1.12) < 0.001* 0.88 (0.60 - 1.27) 0.047*

Third 83/334 (24.9) 0.79 (0.56 - 1.1) 0.91 (0.61 - 1.34)

Fourth 52/327 (15.9) 0.45 (0.31 - 0.65) 0.59 (0.38 - 0.92)

Least poor 43/296 (14.5) 0.40 (0.27 - 0.60) 0.56 (0.35 - 0.91)

Member of Health Insurance

No 250/927 (27.0) 1 - 1 -

Yes 112/701 (16.0) 0.51 (0.40 - 0.66) < 0.001 0. 60 (0.45 - 0.80) 0.001

Household ITN ownership

No 124/498 (24.9) 1 - 1 -

Yes 232/1107 (21.0) 0.80 (0.62 - 1.03) 0.079 0.81 (0.62 - 1.07) 0.147

Household size

≤ 6 130/696 (18.7) 1 - 1 -

> 6 232/932 (24.9) 1.44 (1.13 - 1.84) 0.003 1.15 (0.85 - 1.54) 0.364

Area of residence

Asutifi impact 50/236 (21.2) 1 - 1 -

Asutifi non impact 34/148 (23.0) 1.11 (0.68 - 1.82) < 0.001* 0.85 (0.49 - 1.47) 0.065*

Tano N/S impact 94/575 (16.4) 0.73 (0.50 - 1.07) 0.92 (0.60 - 1.40)

Tano N/S non impact 103/358 (28.8) 1.50 (1.02 - 2.21) 1.43 (0.93 - 2.20)

Techiman 81/311 (26.1) 1.31 (0.88 - 2.0) 1.27 (0.79 - 2.02)

β-Univariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); γ-multivariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); CI-confidence interval; * -Likelihood ratio p-values; JHS-Junior High School