Total observations (N) | ANGOLA 1,125 | TANZANIA 3,109 | UGANDA 1,954 | |||
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Children’s use of any bed net | mfx dy/dx | Confidence intervals | mfx dy/dx | Confidence intervals | mfx dy/dx | Confidence intervals |
Age of household head | −0.03 | −0.0016 – 0.0023 | −0.018** | −0.0031 - –0.0004 | −0.045*** | −0.0065 - –0.0025 |
Gender (Male-headed households) | −0.015 | −0.0653 – 0.0622 | −0.014 | −0.0565 – 0.0280 | −0.052* | −0.1064 – 0.0021 |
Education of household head | 0.039* | −0.0188 – 0.0970 | 0.026 | −0.0134 – 0.0662 | 0.004 | −0.0547 – 0.0640 |
Place of domicile | 0.062 | −0.0227 – 0.1484 | −0.030 | −0.0779 – 0.1778 | 0.137* | 0.0241 – 0.2515 |
Household wealth | 0.060** | −0.6844 – 0.1260 | 0.177*** | 0.1379 – 0.2178 | 0.137*** | 0.0649 – 0.2098 |
Malaria endemicity | −0.130*** | −0.1897 - -0.0707 | −0.010 | −0.0660 – 0.0457 | 0.050 | 0.1747 – 0.2749 |
Size of the household | −0.008* | −0.0020 – 0.0966 | −0.005 | 0.0125 – 0.0015 | −0.013* | −0.0252 - -0.0008 |
Number of children aged <5 years | −0.011 | −0.0357 – 0.0118 | 0.037*** | 0.0168 – 0.05725 | 0.048** | 0.01680 – 0.12906 |
Malaria parasitaemia | −0.041 | −0.09667 – 0.0135 | −0.011 | −0.02726 – 0.0505 | −0.147*** | −0.19874 - -0.0972 |
Access to media | NA | NA | 0.012* | −0.0450 – 0.0200 | 0.002 | −0.05523 – 0.0558 |
Proximity to health facilities | NA | NA | −0.199** | −0.2303 – 0.1677 | −0.032 | −0.0322 – 0.07353 |
Existence of free bed-net distribution | 0.019* | −0.06567 – 0.1041 | 0.053* | 0.1152 – 0.0075 | 0.029 | 0.2382 – 0.20291 |
Interaction term (free bed net/wealth) | 0.009 | −0.09466 – 0.1130 | 0.036 | −0.0324 – 0.10533 | 0.075 | −0.1816 – 0.03141 |
Predicted marginal effects for free bed-net distributions and wealth with reported children’s use of bed nets | ||||||
 | Angola | Tanzania | Uganda | |||
Dependent variable: Children’s bed net usage | Marginal effects: (dy/dx) | Marginal effects: (dy/dx) | Marginal effects: (dy/dx) | |||
1 Wealth | 0.060** | 0.177*** | 0.137** | |||
2 Free bed-net distribution | 0.091* | 0.053** | −0.029 | |||
3 Scenarios for the interaction term (free bed nets/wealth): | Â | |||||
 No free bed nets in poorer households | 0.270*** | 0.197*** | 0.237*** | |||
 No free bed nets in wealthier households | 0.209*** | 0.314*** | 0.279*** | |||
 Free bed nets in poorer households | 0.279*** | 0.189*** | 0.210*** | |||
 Free bed nets in wealthier households | 0.218*** | 0.303*** | 0.249*** |