Agro-ecology, household economics and malaria in Uganda: empirical correlations between agricultural and health outcomes

Table 4 Socio-economic and health determinants of malaria proportion Tobit by age-group

Socio economic & health variables	All ages		0 to 4		5 to 9		10 to 19		20 to 39		40 to 59		60 plus
	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|	Coef	P>\|t\|
Head of Household (Gender)	-	* 0.0580	+	** 0.0400	-	*** 0.0000	-	*** 0.0010		0.6220	-	* 0.0920	-	** 0.0200
Head of Household (Age)	-	** 0.0490		0.7420		0.7290		0.8670	-	*** 0.0000		0.3600		0.3700
Head of Household (Literacy)	+	* 0.0840		0.2010		0.3510		0.6020	+	* 0.0820	+	** 0.0320		0.4320
Household (Urban)	-	*** 0.0100		0.1810		0.8110	-	* 0.0590		0.2100		0.6810		0.5660
Household Consumption Tercile (Poorest)	-	** 0.0190		0.4280	-	** 0.0210		0.3880		0.5570		0.3270	-	* 0.0760
Household Consumption Tercile (Middle)		Omitted for Categorical Comparison
Household Consumption Tercile (Wealthiest)	-	* 0.0780		0.7960	-	*** 0.0100		0.3410		0.8880		0.1820		0.1500
Household Health Expenditure (past 30 days)	+	*** 0.0000	+	** 0.0350	+	*** 0.0030	+	*** 0.0000	+	*** 0.0000	+	** 0.0130		0.3170
% of Age Group using Bed Net		0.6620	+	*** 0.0030	+	*** 0.0060		0.4980		0.2290		0.6510		0.5990

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