Sociodemographic Determinants of Malaria among Under-Five Children in Ghana

Table 1

Proportions of malaria among under-five children.

Variable	Number of children	Proportion with malaria
Age of child (in months)
>12	618	12.0
12–23	551	26.1
24–35	494	24.3
36–47	505	23.4
48–59	557	15.8
Sex of child
Male	1406	20.9
Female	1319	18.9
Age of mother
15–19	110	18.2
20–29	1301	18.7
30–39	1020	21.1
40–49	291	23.8
Place of residence
Urban	1038	19.0
Rural	1688	20.6
Region of residence
Western	256	10.5
Central	265	23.4
Greater Accra	329	12.5
Volta	237	18.6
Eastern	240	15.8
Ashanti	510	25.1
Brong Ahafo	260	27.3
Northern	413	21.3
Upper East	141	22.0
Upper West	72	20.8
Ethnicity
Akan	1246	20.2
Ga-Dangme	135	15.6
Ewe	348	15.2
Mole-Dagbani	562	21.9
Others	434	21.7
Religious affiliation
Christian	1921	19.7
Muslim	510	22.7
Traditionalist/spiritualist	170	11.8
No religion	116	26.7
Marital status of mother
Never married	139	17.3
Married	2439	19.7
Divorced	149	29.7
Mother’s level of education
No education	886	19.5
Primary	669	22.7
Secondary	1099	18.8
Higher	69	17.4
Wealth status
Poor	1301	22.4
Middle	504	22.0
Rich	920	16.9
Total	2725	20.9

Source: computed from GDHS, 2008.