Malaria prevention in north-eastern Tanzania: patterns of expenditure and determinants of demand at the household level

Table 4 Determinants of expenditure on prevention

Variable	Coefficient
Household Demographics
No. in household aged 0–4 years	0.010
No. in household aged 5–9 years	0.116**
No. in household aged 10–14 years	0.026
No. in household aged 15–19 years	0.112**
No. in household aged 20–29 years	0.120**
No. in household aged 30–39 years	0.076
No. in household aged 40–54 years	0.139
No. in household aged 55 and over	-0.042
Household Socio-economics
Wealth index	0.267**
Square of wealth index	-0.014**
Socio-demographics of head
Age of head	0.003
Head is married	-0.195**
Years of education of head	0.118**
Square of years of education of head	-0.002
Head occupation is agriculture	-0.170*
Head occupation is civil service	-0.192*
Head occupation is other	-0.151*
Community variables
Rural household	-1.041**
On public transport route	-0.476**
Poor quality roads	-0.181
Community's road is impassable during year	-0.257**
Seasonal variables
Vuli1	0.319**
Vuli2	-0.045
Masika	-0.079
Constant	5.958**
N	1498
Pseudo-R²	0.435

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