The role of gender on malaria preventive behaviour among rural households in Kenya

Diiro, Gracious M.; Affognon, Hippolyte D.; Muriithi, Beatrice W.; Wanja, Sarah Kingori; Mbogo, Charles; Mutero, Clifford

doi:10.1186/s12936-015-1039-y

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Determinants of adoption of malaria prevention in rural Kenya

From: The role of gender on malaria preventive behaviour among rural households in Kenya

Characteristic	Pooled model (n = 2718)	Male headed (n = 1940)	Female headed (n = 778)
Age of head of household (years)	0.0100***	0.00539*	0.0190***
Age of head of household (years)	(0.00268)	(0.00282)	(0.00597)
Square of age of head of household (years)	−0.000121***	−6.46e-05**	−0.000229***
Square of age of head of household (years)	(2.95e-05)	(3.15e-05)	(6.51e-05)
Village level prevalence of malaria	0.0897	0.0662	0.162
Village level prevalence of malaria	(0.0662)	(0.0774)	(0.125)
Years of formal education of head of household	0.00510*	0.00596*	0.00133
Years of formal education of head of household	(0.00292)	(0.00327)	(0.00627)
Proportion of children in school	0.0105	0.0181	−0.00669
Proportion of children in school	(0.0200)	(0.0233)	(0.0380)
No of children under 5 years of age	0.00950	0.0172	0.00234
No of children under 5 years of age	(0.0105)	(0.0118)	(0.0236)
Household size (no of household members)	0.00281	0.00221	0.000223
Household size (no of household members)	(0.00466)	(0.00527)	(0.0105)
Household head participates community activities (1 = yes)	0.140***	0.115***	0.191***
Household head participates community activities (1 = yes)	(0.0226)	(0.0264)	(0.0433)
Household access to health related information (index)	0.338***	0.357***	0.265***
Household access to health related information (index)	(0.0474)	(0.0565)	(0.0888)
Neighborhood effects (proportion of adopters in the village	0.839***	0.802***	0.961***
Neighborhood effects (proportion of adopters in the village	(0.0463)	(0.0510)	(0.108)
Dummy for knowledge of malaria cause and transmission	0.148***	0.0984**	0.244***
Dummy for knowledge of malaria cause and transmission	(0.0387)	(0.0445)	(0.0789)
Log of household percapita income (Kenya shillings)	0.0162*	0.0213**	0.00514
Log of household percapita income (Kenya shillings)	(0.00958)	(0.0107)	(0.0223)
Dummy for missing income values	0.228***	0.319***	0.0280
Dummy for missing income values	(0.0869)	(0.0978)	(0.196)
Study site (1 = Nyabondo, 0 = Malindi)	−0.215***	−0.202***	−0.229***
Study site (1 = Nyabondo, 0 = Malindi)	(0.0358)	(0.0403)	(0.0766)
Gender of head of household (1 = male; 0 = female)	0.0676**
Gender of head of household (1 = male; 0 = female)	(0.0266)
Constant	−0.573***	−0.444***	−0.678***
Constant	(0.109)	(0.120)	(0.244)

Standard errors in parentheses
*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1

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