Determinants of Malaria infection Among Women in Ethiopia
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The problem of malaria disease in Ethiopia is compounded by more frequent epidemics,
combined P. vivax and P. falciparum infections, and increasing drug and insecticide
resistance. This study examines the association between the socio-economic and
demographic and health factors and the malaria infection status among women in
Ethiopia using logistic regression models. The study also indicates the facto rs that
contribute in explaining the variation of malaria infection status among women across
regions. The study is based on 7333 women respondents. The data were obtained from
the Central Statistics Agency of the government of Ethiopia in 2005 (EDHS 2005). We
use conventional logistic regression modeling to detemline the relationship between the
explanatory variables and "malaria infection status" and multilevel logistic regression to
see whether there exist variations in malaria infection status as relates to women across
the regions of Ethiopia. Malaria infection status among women was modeled using
socio-economic and demographic and health variab les as potential predictors. The
results of conventional logistic regression model showed that the explanatory variables
" region", "currently pregnant", "wealth index", "type of place of residence", "main floor
material" and "age" are found to have a significant association with malaria infection
status among women in Ethiopia. Similarly, the interaction of the random parts of "age
by main floor material" and "main floor material by wealth index" provided signifi cant
effect on "malaria infection status" across regions.
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Determinants of Malaria infection