Table 3.

Parameter estimates and empirical standard errors of GEE and ALR models for Fever

Marginal Model	GEE			ALR
Effect	par	Est(s.e)	p-value	Est(s.e)	P-value
Intercept	β 0	−2.719(0.4666)	<.0001	−2.7160(0.4663)	<.0001
Current age of child (24–59 months = ref)
0–11 months	β 1	0.4446(0.0898)	<.0001	0.4446(0.0898)	<.0001
12–23 months	β 2	0.6384(0.0794)	<.0001	0.6386(0.0794)	<.0001
Marital status
Married	β 3	0.5706(0.3758)	0.1289	0.5694(0.3756)	0.1295
Never in union	β 4	1.1839(0.4765)	0.0130	1.1817(0.4764)	0.0131
Separated	β 5	0.8503(0.3988)	0.0330	0.8494(0.3987)	0.0331
Anemia level (Not anemic = ref.)
Anemic	β 6	0.3780(0.2415)	0.0175	0.3760(0.2411)	0.1188
Breastfeeding status (no = ref)
Yes		−0.2214(0.0717)	0.0020	− 0.2215 (0.0717)	0.002
Husband education level (No education = ref)
Higher	β 7	−0.2902(0.1428)	0.0421	−0.2904(0.1428)	0.0420
Primary	β 8	0.2457(0.0729)	0.0007	0.2459(0.0729)	0.0007
Secondary	β 9	0.1076(0.1077)	0.3181	0.1075(0.1077)	0.3182
Currently working (Yes = ref)
No	β 10	−0.2536(0.0702)	0.0003	−0.2539 (0.0702)	0.0003
Region (Addis Ababa = ref)
Afar	β 11	0.2352(0.1833)	0.1993	0.2352(0.1833)	0.1993
Amhara	β 12	−0.0868(0.1898)	0.6474	−0.0872(0.1898)	0.6460
Benishangul	β 13	−0.7778(0.2109)	0.0002	−0.7791(0.2110)	0.0002
Dire Dawa	β 14	−0.1015(0.2106)	0.6298	−0.1013(0.2106)	0.6304
Gambela	β 15	0.1732(0.1914)	0.3655	0.1730(0.1913)	0.3660
Harari	β 16	−0.3806(0.2157)	0.0776	−0.3816(0.2157)	0.0770
Oromia	β 17	0.0417(0.1574)	0.7909	0.0416(0.1574)	0.7917
SNNPR	β 18	0.0175(0.1681)	0.9172	0.0171(0.1681)	0.9190
Somali	β 19	−0.4475(0.1849)	0.0155	−0.4473(0.1849)	0.0156
Tigray	β 20	0.5627(0.1687)	0.001	0.5629(0.1687)	0.0008
Correlation	ρ	−0.002804291
Alpha	α			−0.0204(0.0278)	0.0046
QIC		6996.7587		6996.6577