Exploring the impact of targeted distribution of free bed nets on households bed net ownership, socio-economic disparities and childhood malaria infection rates: analysis of national malaria survey data from three sub-Saharan Africa countries

Njau, Joseph D; Stephenson, Rob; Menon, Manoj; Kachur, S Patrick; McFarland, Deborah A

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-245

Table 3 Multilevel model results for household ownership of bed nets

From: Exploring the impact of targeted distribution of free bed nets on households bed net ownership, socio-economic disparities and childhood malaria infection rates: analysis of national malaria survey data from three sub-Saharan Africa countries

Total observations (N)	Angola 1,125		Tanzania 3,109		Uganda 1,954
*Household ownership of any bed net*	*mfx dy/dx*	Confidence intervals	*mfx dy/dx*	Confidence intervals	*mfx dy/dx*	Confidence intervals
Age of household head	−0.031*	−0.0058 - –0.0005	−0.022***	−0.0034 - –0.0010	−0.017*	−0.0034 - –0.0002
Gender (Male-headed households)	−0.022	−0.1058 – 0.0616	−0.038**	−0.0760 - -0.0017	−0.053**	−0.10144 - -0.0061
Education of household head	0.056	−0.1365 – 0.0226	0.040*	0.0045 – 0.0762	0.046*	−0.0087 – 0.10154
Place of domicile	−0.020	−0.0967 – 0.1384	−0.019	−0.0656 – 0.0276	−0.133*	0.01417 – 0.2520
Household wealth	0.084**	−0.1318 – 0.1386	0.152***	0.1134 – 0.1910	0.120***	0.05314 – 0.18817
Malaria endemicity	0.028	−0.0509 – 0.1074	−0.019	−0.0747 – 0.0359	0.041	−0.1910 – 0.27487
Size of the household	0.017*	0.0029 – 0.0327	0.005*	−0.0009 – 0.01198	−0.005	−0.0114 – 0.01025
Number of children aged <5 years	0.020	−0.0497 – 0.0091	0.022**	0.0036 – 0.04060	0.006	0.0219 – 0.03487
Malaria parasitaemia	−0.068*	−0.1451 – 0.0082	−0.017	−0.0163 – 0.0519	−0.099***	−0.14765 -0.05042
Access to media	NA	NA	0.011*	−0.01860 – 0.0411	0.035	0.08464 – 0.01384
Proximity to health facilities	NA	NA	−0.200***	−0.2305 - -0.1701	0.002	0.04486 – 0.48889
Existence of free bed-net distribution	0.023*	−0.2408 – 0.2876	0.025	−0.0834 – 0.0270	0.083	−0.30870 – 0.14176
Interaction term (free bed net/wealth)	0.055*	−0.0781 – 0.1883	0.005	−0.0646 – 0.0539	0.002	−0.09614 – 0.09659
*Predicted marginal effects for free bed-net distributions and wealth with reported household ownership of any bed net*
	Angola		Tanzania		Uganda
Dependent variable: *Household bed-net ownership*	Marginal effects: (dy/dx)		Marginal effects: (dy/dx)		Marginal effects: (dy/dx)
1 Wealth	0.084**		0.152***		0.120***
2 Free bed-net distribution	0.023*		0.025		0.083
3 Scenarios for interaction term (free bed nets/wealth)
No free bed nets in poorer households	0.297***		0.582***		0.552***
Free bed nets in poorer households	0.520***		0.548***		0.656***
Free bed nets in wealthier households	0.523***		0.762***		0.684***

Note: * statistically significant at 10% level, ** significant at 5% level and, *** refers significance level equal to or, less than 1%.

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