Table 9.
Crop-choice determinants of malaria proportion Tobit by age-group
|
Crops as a proportion of total crop-area |
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| | |
| Maize |
Omitted for Categorical Comparison |
|
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| Other Crops |
+
|
** 0.0180
|
|
0.3360 |
|
0.3800 |
|
0.4770 |
+
|
* 0.0530
|
|
0.3870 |
|
0.3030 |
| Bananas |
|
0.7690 |
|
0.6890 |
|
0.8610 |
|
0.9850 |
|
0.2130 |
|
0.3330 |
|
0.8810 |
| Coffee |
|
0.4460 |
|
0.1210 |
|
0.4950 |
|
0.3510 |
|
0.6660 |
|
0.1970 |
|
0.2080 |
| Beans |
|
0.1160 |
|
0.8440 |
+
|
** 0.0160
|
|
0.5470 |
|
0.1140 |
|
0.3470 |
|
0.4360 |
| Cassava |
|
0.9390 |
|
0.2240 |
|
0.1290 |
|
0.5110 |
|
0.8150 |
|
0.9100 |
|
0.2140 |
| Groundnuts |
|
0.9700 |
|
0.8470 |
|
0.8980 |
|
0.4930 |
|
0.8520 |
|
0.5930 |
|
0.6370 |
| Sweet Potato / Yam |
+
|
** 0.0450
|
|
0.2310 |
|
0.4870 |
+
|
* 0.0880
|
|
0.6400 |
|
0.5010 |
|
0.5700 |
| Millet |
|
0.9360 |
-
|
** 0.0150
|
|
0.2460 |
|
0.6150 |
|
0.4160 |
|
0.4390 |
|
0.9590 |
| Rice |
|
0.9290 |
|
0.5770 |
|
0.1410 |
|
0.4580 |
|
0.8780 |
|
0.4550 |
|
0.1580 |
| Sorghum |
|
0.8290 |
|
0.9050 |
+
|
* 0.0720
|
|
0.9580 |
|
0.7290 |
-
|
** 0.0170
|
|
0.6790 |
| Tree Crops |
|
0.8480 |
|
0.5970 |
|
0.4920 |
+
|
* 0.0940
|
|
0.9010 |
|
0.8580 |
|
0.1840 |
| Fallow |
|
0.4790 |
|
0.4770 |
|
0.2480 |
|
0.5770 |
|
0.2590 |
|
0.5590 |
|
0.3260 |
| Bush |
|
0.5970 |
|
0.4950 |
|
0.4340 |
|
0.6010 |
|
0.7270 |
|
0.7840 |
|
0.2660 |
| Pasture |
|
0.4910 |
|
0.7400 |
|
0.3180 |
|
0.5510 |
|
0.9000 |
|
0.1540 |
|
0.2080 |
| Parcel Size | 0.2030 | 0.1920 | 0.4700 | 0.5740 | 0.4370 | 0.4680 | 0.7780 | |||||||
*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.