Table 2 Determinants of using mosquito nets among the under-fives in Uganda with and without interaction for child and mother using nets
Basic estimation | with interaction term for youngest child whose mother sleeps under a mosquito net | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Odds Ratio | Std. Err. | Z-statistic | Odds Ratio | Std. Err. | Z-statistic |
Single birth (1=yes, 0=no) | 1.03 | 0.57 | 0.06 | 0.90 | 0.70 | -0.13 |
Sex of Child (1=male, 0=female) | 1.11 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.96 | 0.24 | -0.18 |
Current marital status [never married] | ||||||
Married | 3.79 | 1.90 | 2.67** | 5.65 | 2.83 | 3.46** |
Living with partner | 3.97 | 2.15 | 2.55** | 5.46 | 2.88 | 3.22** |
Not living with partner | 1.13 | 0.88 | 0.16 | 1.50 | 1.15 | 0.52 |
Vocational training [None] | ||||||
Teacher | 0.28 | 0.18 | -1.97* | 0.40 | 0.27 | -1.34 |
Paramedical | 0.28 | 0.40 | -0.88 | 0.29 | 0.53 | -0.68 |
Others | 0.48 | 0.19 | -1.83 | 0.60 | 0.22 | -1.40 |
Wealth index [lowest 20%] | ||||||
Next from lowest | 0.10 | 0.09 | -2.7* | 0.09 | 0.07 | -3.11* |
Middle | 0.15 | 0.14 | -2.08* | 0.21 | 0.17 | -1.97* |
Next from highest | 0.12 | 0.11 | -2.35* | 0.11 | 0.09 | -2.77* |
Highest | 0.07 | 0.07 | -2.84** | 0.06 | 0.05 | -3.41** |
Residence (0=urban, 1=rural) | 0.42 | 0.17 | -2.09* | 0.37 | 0.15 | -2.46* |
Youngest child (1=yes, 0=no) | 3.33 | 0.97 | 4.14** | |||
Mother sleeps under a mosquito net (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 17.64 | 5.26 | 9.62** | |||
Children whose mothers sleep under mosquito net (1=yes, 0=no) | 20.99 | 8.06 | 7.92** | |||