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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression result of risk of malaria infection among under-five children in 11 African countries

From: Malaria profile and socioeconomic predictors among under-five children: an analysis of 11 sub-Saharan African countries

	Model 1		Model II		Model III		Model IV
Survey Year
2010–2015	1.00	[1.00,1.00]	1.00	[1.00,1.00]	1.00	[1.00,1.00]	1.00	[1.00,1.00]
2016–2020	0.43^***	[0.40,0.47]	0.43^***	[0.40,0.47]	0.44^***	[0.40,0.49]	0.46^***	[0.42,0.50]
Child’s age (%)
6–11	1.00	[1.00,1.00]					1.00	[1.00,1.00]
12–23	1.23^***	[1.12,1.34]					1.27^***	[1.16,1.40]
24–35	1.51^***	[1.39,1.64]					1.61^***	[1.47,1.76]
36–47	1.80^***	[1.66,1.96]					1.86^***	[1.70,2.04]
48–59	1.94^***	[1.79,2.11]					2.02^***	[1.85,2.21]
Gender
Male	1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Female	0.98	[0.94,1.02]
Child slept under ITN
No	1.00	[1.00,1.00]					1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Yes	1.01	[0.94,1.07]					0.97	[0.91,1.04]
Maternal education
No education			1.00	[1.00,1.00]			1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Primary			0.45^***	[0.42,0.48]			0.64^***	[0.60,0.69]
Secondary and higher			0.34^***	[0.31,0.38]			0.44^***	[0.40,0.48]
Female household head
No			1.00	[1.00,1.00]			1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Yes			0.78^***	[0.72,0.84]			0.89^**	[0.82,0.96]
Household head age
< 25			1.00	[1.00,1.00]
25–34			0.96	[0.84,1.08]
35–44			0.93	[0.82,1.06]
45-max			1.04	[0.91,1.18]
Household wealth (%)
Poorest			1.00	[1.00,1.00]			1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Poorer			0.95	[0.87,1.03]			0.91^*	[0.84,0.99]
Middle			0.84^***	[0.77,0.92]			0.82^***	[0.74,0.89]
Richer			0.60^***	[0.54,0.66]			0.64^***	[0.57,0.71]
Richest			0.31^***	[0.27,0.35]			0.37^***	[0.32,0.43]
Residence
Urban					1.00	[1.00,1.00]	1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Rural					3.20^***	[2.90,3.53]	1.74^***	[1.56,1.95]
Region (%)
Central Africa					1.00	[1.00,1.00]	1.00	[1.00,1.00]
Eastern Africa					1.08	[0.89,1.31]	0.94	[0.77,1.14]
Western Africa					3.22^***	[2.89,3.58]	2.45^***	[2.20,2.72]
N	72,999		72,999		72,999		72,999

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