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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios from random-effects logistic regression models for care-seeking examining IPC autonomy, malaria knowledge, general and specific malaria messaging, malaria ideations and community characteristics, from the 2019 baseline survey, Magoé district, Mozambique

From: Interpersonal communication, cultural norms, and community perceptions associated with care-seeking for fever among children under age five in Magoé district, Mozambique

Variable

Odds ratio

95% conf.

Interval

P > z

Age of child

    

 0 years

1.000

   

 1 year

0.586

0.167

2.060

0.404

 2 years

0.730

0.184

2.896

0.654

 3 years

1.870

0.484

7.227

0.364

 4 years

0.410

0.118

1.416

0.159

Sex of child

    

 Female

1.000

   

 Male

0.797

0.347

1.831

0.593

Age of Mother

    

 15–19 years

1.000

   

 20–29 years

1.152

0.349

3.807

0.816

 30–39 years

1.767

0.481

6.495

0.392

 40–55 years

2.079

0.361

11.958

0.412

Mother’s education

    

 None

1.000

   

 Some primary

1.851

0.584

5.864

0.295

 Completed primary

1.851

0.424

8.084

0.413

 Some Secondary

0.686

0.133

3.532

0.652

 Secondary or more

0.886

0.087

9.024

0.919

Wealth quintile

    

 Poorest

1.000

   

 2nd poorest

4.244

0.815

22.096

0.086

 Middle

4.585

1.122

18.734

0.034

 2nd wealthiest

2.718

0.681

10.849

0.157

 Wealthiest

7.588

1.440

39.996

0.017

IPC about malaria

    

 Spoke with no one

1.000

   

 Spoke only with husband

3.688

0.973

13.982

0.055

 Spoke only with friends/community

25.591

1.704

384.297

0.019

 Spoke with both

3.471

0.698

17.270

0.128

Usual decider on care-seeking

    

 Respondent

1.000

   

 Spouse

0.923

0.288

2.959

0.893

 Joint

1.067

0.337

3.384

0.912

 Grandmother

15.364

1.459

161.770

0.023

 Other

1.278

0.033

48.773

0.895

Self-efficacy to seek permission

    

 No/don’t know

1.000

   

 Yes

4.117

1.096

15.459

0.036

Knows nets as prevention

    

 No

1.000

   

 Yes

3.339

0.792

14.077

0.101

Exposure to malaria messaging

    

 No

    

 Yes

19.018

3.915

92.382

0.000

Malaria Ideations

    

 General malaria risk perceptions

    

  Low

1.000

   

  High

1.357

0.570

3.226

0.490

General malaria norms

    

  Low

1.000

   

  High

0.712

0.300

1.691

0.441

Treatment attitudes

    

  Low

1.000

   

  High

0.950

0.378

2.387

0.912

Treatment response efficacy

    

  Low

1.000

   

  High

1.618

0.604

4.339

0.339

Treatment seeking norms

    

  Low

1.000

   

  High

1.303

0.548

3.098

0.549

Community Variables

    

 High exposure community

0.618

0.212

1.801

0.377

 Positive treatment attitudes

1.119

0.370

3.389

0.842

 Positive response efficacy

0.546

0.191

1.558

0.258

 High self-efficacy

1.914

0.642

5.701

0.244

 High treatment seeking norms

2.579

0.804

8.265

0.111

 High malaria susceptibility

0.550

0.186

1.629

0.280

 High malaria severity

1.701

0.580

4.985

0.333

 Constant

0.010

0.000

0.782

0.038

 Var(Constant)

1.978

0.518

7.557

 

LR test v logistic model

    

 Chibar2(01)

7.06

   

 Prob  ≥ chibar2

0.004

   

 Observations

299

   

 Number of groups

100