Table 8.
Signs of agricultural determinants of malaria proportion Tobit by age-group
|
Agricultural variables |
All ages |
0 to 4 |
5 to 9 |
10 to 19 |
20 to 39 |
40 to 59 |
60 plus |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | Coef | P>|t| | |
| Total Precipitation (past 90 days) |
|
0.9280 |
|
0.9820 |
|
0.2200 |
|
0.9310 |
|
0.5070 |
|
0.2360 |
|
0.2230 |
| Average Maximum Temperature (past 90 days) |
-
|
*** 0.0000
|
-
|
* 0.0840
|
-
|
*** 0.0000
|
-
|
** 0.0190
|
-
|
*** 0.0080
|
|
0.4150 |
|
0.7530 |
| Average Minimum Temperature (past 90 days) |
|
0.4270 |
|
0.2320 |
+
|
*** 0.0010
|
|
0.8750 |
|
0.3160 |
|
0.4610 |
|
0.2350 |
| Minutes Waiting at Water source |
|
0.3270 |
|
0.5190 |
|
0.2790 |
|
0.9460 |
|
0.5130 |
|
0.3940 |
|
0.6460 |
| Distance to Water source from homestead |
|
0.3320 |
|
0.3120 |
|
0.5550 |
|
0.2260 |
|
0.1960 |
|
0.4250 |
|
0.2750 |
| Livestock (Number of Chickens) |
|
0.4230 |
|
0.8790 |
|
0.3710 |
|
0.6380 |
|
0.5380 |
|
0.5550 |
|
0.9660 |
| Livestock (Number of Cattle) |
|
0.1870 |
|
0.6800 |
|
0.4310 |
|
0.7330 |
|
0.7900 |
|
0.3650 |
|
0.6470 |
| Livestock (Number of Pigs) |
|
0.8710 |
|
0.9780 |
|
0.5510 |
|
0.6030 |
|
0.5200 |
|
0.1010 |
|
0.4760 |
| Agricultural Extension Visit in the past 12 months |
|
0.5720 |
|
0.1670 |
|
0.6430 |
|
0.2190 |
-
|
* 0.0540
|
|
0.5540 |
+
|
* 0.0690
|
| Crop Protection Information |
|
0.1110 |
|
0.2430 |
|
0.3240 |
|
0.7240 |
|
0.8170 |
|
0.3950 |
|
0.8190 |
| Disease Control Information |
|
0.5580 |
|
0.7710 |
|
0.8580 |
|
0.2610 |
|
0.8400 |
|
0.1130 |
|
0.8890 |
| Pesticide Application Area | 0.4820 | 0.1430 | 0.7100 | 0.7870 | 0.1450 | 0.5110 | 0.2980 | |||||||
*P < 0.05.
**P < 0.01.
***P < 0.001.
+A positive correlation between malaria risk and the explanatory variable.
-A negative correlation between malaria risk and the explanatory variable.