Research Article
District Effect Appraisal in East Sub-Saharan Africa: Combating Childhood Anaemia
Table 1
Adjusted odds ratio estimates (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the fixed effects.
| | AOR (95% CI) |
| Main effects | Gender (ref = male) | Female | 0.876 (0.820, 0.935) | Malaria RDT result (ref = negative) | Positive | 4.315 (3.895, 4.781) | Household size | 1.014 (1.003, 1.025) | Type of place of residence (ref = urban) | Rural | 0.738 (0.582, 0.936) | Mother’s education level (ref = no education) | Primary | 0.843 (0.760, 0.935) | Secondary and higher | 0.794 (0.693, 0.911) | Unknown | 0.845 (0.742, 0.962) | Gender of household head (ref = male) | Female | 1.016 (0.939, 1.100) | Type of toilet facility (ref = no facilities) | PIT latrine | 0.780 (0.694, 0.877) | Flush toilet | 0.725 (0.591, 0.889) | Others | 0.663 (0.357, 1.230) | Wealth index Z-score | 0.847 (0.797, 0.901) | Country (ref = Malawi) | Kenya | 0.316 (0.160, 0.622) | Tanzania | 0.639 (0.355, 1.150) | Uganda | 0.433 (0.214, 0.874) | Cluster altitude (in 100 metres) | 0.986 (0.969, 1.004) | EVI (in 1000 s) | 1.026 (0.865, 1.217) | LST | 1.015 (0.969, 1.063) |
| Interaction effects | Type of place of residence and country (ref = urban and Malawi) | Rural and Kenya | 1.376 (1.037, 1.825) | Rural and Tanzania | 1.237 (0.942, 1.624) | Rural and Uganda | 1.119 (0.826, 1.514) |
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Significant at 5% level of significance. |