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. 2014 Sep 5;14:374. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-374

Table 3.

Logistic regressions predicting the likelihood of ever having a blood test for malaria (odds ratios)

Ever had blood test for malaria
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Risk game (reference: Game 200/200)
 Game 100/300 0.620** 0.651* 0.736 0.668* 0.728
[0.393 - 0.977] [0.406 - 1.045] [0.459 - 1.180] [0.415 - 1.076] [0.449 - 1.180]
 Game 0/400 1.655 1.779 1.978 2.073* 2.112*
[0.722 - 3.794] [0.726 - 4.362] [0.790 - 4.957] [0.937 - 4.587] [0.922 - 4.834]
Joint test p-value 0.039 0.070 0.020 0.038
Male (reference: female) 0.890 0.808 0.797 0.772
[0.606 - 1.308] [0.531 - 1.231] [0.527 - 1.204] [0.500 - 1.194]
Age (reference: 18–29)
 30-39 0.942 0.913 1.003 0.960
[0.522 - 1.699] [0.519 - 1.608] [0.549 - 1.832] [0.539 - 1.712]
 40-49 1.338 1.373 1.388 1.382
[0.628 - 2.851] [0.638 - 2.956] [0.649 - 2.969] [0.636 - 3.004]
 50+ 1.590 2.063** 1.776** 2.031**
[0.886 - 2.853] [1.134 - 3.755] [1.004 - 3.141] [1.100 - 3.751]
Joint test p-value 0.081 0.008 0.033 0.019
Married (reference: not married) 1.777** 1.840** 1.665* 1.735*
[1.079 - 2.927] [1.070 - 3.164] [0.981 - 2.826] [0.992 - 3.034]
Recruited at PPMV (reference: pharmacy) 0.707 0.847 0.835 0.908
[0.454 - 1.101] [0.510 - 1.407] [0.512 - 1.363] [0.531 - 1.552]
Ibadan (reference: Ogbomosho) 2.181*** 2.192*** 1.561* 1.757**
[1.406 - 3.382] [1.345 - 3.574] [0.945 - 2.580] [1.020 - 3.027]
Education (reference: less than primary)
 Primary 1.105 1.068
[0.478 - 2.554] [0.484 - 2.360]
 Secondary 2.017 1.539
[0.774 - 5.254] [0.636 - 3.720]
 Higher 3.656*** 2.413**
[1.473 - 9.077] [1.042 - 5.591]
Joint test p-value 0.012 0.040
Wealth (reference: poorest quintile)
 Second 1.562 1.200
[0.876 - 2.783] [0.690 - 2.085]
 Third 1.992** 1.571
[1.026 - 3.866] [0.868 - 2.843]
 Fourth 2.742** 1.836*
[1.244 - 6.043] [0.905 - 3.728]
 Richest 5.156*** 3.304***
[2.633 - 10.098] [1.781 - 6.129]
Joint test p-value 0.000 0.003
N 438 438 438 438 438
Wald chi2 (df) 9.4 (2) 106.1 (9) 86.2 (12) 123.5 (13) 140.4 (16)
p <0.01 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

Standard errors are clustered at the shop level.

95% Confidence intervals in brackets.

*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.10.

p-values for Wald statistics reported for joint tests.