Examining the disparities of anti-malarial drug consumption among children under the age of five: a study of 5 malaria-endemic countries

Table 5 Final binary logistic regression model adjusted with country variations in the pooled data

Variables	Category	Odds ratio	P-value	Confidence interval
Child’s age	One year old	Ref
	Two years old	1.6	< 0.01	[1.4–1.9]
	Three years old	2.0	< 0.01	[1.7–2.4]
	Four years old	2.1	< 0.01	[1.8–2.6]
	Five years old	1.9	< 0.01	[1.6–2.3]
Type of place of residence	Urban	Ref
Type of place of residence	Rural	1.4	< 0.01	[1.2–1.7]
Highest educational level	No education	Ref
	Primary	1.3	< 0.01	[1.1–1.5]
	Secondary	1.8	< 0.01	[1.5–2.1]
	Higher	2.7	< 0.01	[2.1–3.5]
Wealth index combined	Poorest	Ref
	Poorer	1.0	0.7	[0.9–1.2]
	Middle	1.5	< 0.01	[1.3–1.8]
	Richer	1.4	< 0.01	[1.2–1.7]
	Richest	1.7	< 0.01	[1.4–2.2]

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