Factors Associated with Use of Guideline in Home Management of Malaria among Children in Rural South West Nigeria

Table 4

Basic multilevel model showing the gradual introduction of independent variables.

Parameter	Categories	Model coefficients
Fixed part		Model A	Model B	Model C
Intercept		3.02 (0.27)	2.40 (1.04)	1.59 (1.13)
Age	18–25		0.68 (1.16)	0.10 (1.31)
	26–30		2.13 (1.45)	1.43 (1.59)
	31–35		0.68 (1.20)	−0.05 (1.38)
	36–40		−0.61 (1.15)	−1.21 (1.30)
	> 41*
Education	No formal education*
	Primary			1.3691 (1.0008)
	Post primary			2.0643 (1.1274)
Random part
Village level		2.089 × 10^−21	8.027 × 10^−19	3.687 × 10^−19
Variance		(3.499 × 10^−11)	(8.613 × 10^−10)	(5.57 × 10^−10)
Intravillage correlation		6.356 × 10^−22	2.442 × 10^−19	1.122 × 10^−19

*Reference category.