Table 2.
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mother's level of education | ||||
No education (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary | 1.197 | 1.203 | 1.212 | 1.279 |
Secondary | 1.092 | 1.114 | 1.081 | 1.152 |
Higher | 0.907 | 1.147 | 1.116 | 1.293 |
Religious affiliation | ||||
Christian (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Muslim | 1.241 | 1.263 | 1.227 | 1.341 |
Traditionalist/spiritualist | 1.060 | 1.070 | 1.043 | 1.080 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Akan (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Ga-Dangme | 0.717 | 0.737 | 1.028 | 1.037 |
Ewe | 0.654* | 0.652* | 0.773 | 0.782 |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.075 | 1.091 | 1.100 | 1.163 |
Others | 1.044 | 1.076 | 1.096 | 1.114 |
Mother's marital status | ||||
Never married (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Married | 1.480* | 1.431 | 1.453 | 1.429 |
Wealth status | ||||
Poor (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Middle | 1.126 | 1.161 | 1.240 | |
Rich | 0.672 | 0.827 | 0.914 | |
Region of residence | ||||
Western (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Central | 2.865*** | 3.129*** | ||
Greater Accra | 1.338 | 1.451 | ||
Volta | 2.049* | 2.218* | ||
Eastern | 1.639 | 1.712 | ||
Ashanti | 2.529*** | 2.992*** | ||
Brong Ahafo | 2.922*** | 2.992*** | ||
Northern | 2.371** | 2.412** | ||
Upper East | 2.262** | 2.325** | ||
Upper West | 1.993* | 2.080* | ||
Type of place of residence | ||||
Urban (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Rural | 1.015 | 1.115 | ||
Age of mother | ||||
15–19 (ref.) | 1.00 | |||
20–29 | 0.929 | |||
30–39 | 0.976 | |||
40–49 | 0.993 | |||
Age of child | ||||
>12 (ref.) | 1.00 | |||
12–23 | 2.514*** | |||
24–35 | 2.958*** | |||
36–47 | 3.627** | |||
48–59 | 3.480* | |||
Sex of child | ||||
Male (ref.) | 1.00 | |||
Female | 0.915 | |||
Ownership of mosquito net | ||||
No (ref.) | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 0.694* |
Source: computed from GDHS, 2008; ref.: reference category; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001.