Research Article
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 |
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Source: computed from GDHS, 2008.
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