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)
  Female0.876 (0.820, 0.935)
 Malaria RDT result (ref = negative)
  Positive4.315 (3.895, 4.781)
  Household size1.014 (1.003, 1.025)
 Type of place of residence (ref = urban)
  Rural0.738 (0.582, 0.936)
 Mother’s education level (ref = no education)
  Primary0.843 (0.760, 0.935)
  Secondary and higher0.794 (0.693, 0.911)
  Unknown0.845 (0.742, 0.962)
 Gender of household head (ref = male)
  Female1.016 (0.939, 1.100)
 Type of toilet facility (ref = no facilities)
  PIT latrine0.780 (0.694, 0.877)
  Flush toilet0.725 (0.591, 0.889)
  Others0.663 (0.357, 1.230)
 Wealth index Z-score0.847 (0.797, 0.901)
 Country (ref = Malawi)
  Kenya0.316 (0.160, 0.622)
  Tanzania0.639 (0.355, 1.150)
  Uganda0.433 (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)
 LST1.015 (0.969, 1.063)

Interaction effects
 Type of place of residence and country (ref = urban and Malawi)
  Rural and Kenya1.376 (1.037, 1.825)
  Rural and Tanzania1.237 (0.942, 1.624)
  Rural and Uganda1.119 (0.826, 1.514)

Significant at 5% level of significance.