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

Table 5

Multilevel logistic model and conventional logistic model.

	Multilevel logistic regression analysis			Conventional logistic regression analysis
	Model D			Model E
Variable	Coefficients (Se)	Odds ratio	95% CI	Coefficients (Se)	Odds ratio	95% CI
Age
18–25	0.1047 (1.3056)	1.1104	0.0859–14.3488	0.0944 (1.3064)	1.098	0.084–14.224
26–30	1.4277 (1.5859)	4.1689	0.1862–93.3280	1.4177 (1.5869)	4.128	0.184–92.570
31–35	−0.0457 (1.3812)	0.9553	0.0638–14.3157	−0.0568 (1.3825)	0.945	0.063–14.195
36–40	−1.2052 (1.2906)	0.2996	0.0239–3.7598	−1.1789 (1.2918)	0.3076	0.024–3.870
> 40*
Educational level
Primary						0.565–28.460
Postprimary	1.3691 (1.0008)	3.9319	0.5530–27.9586	1.3890 (0.9998)	4.0108	0.771–80.749
No formal education*	2.0643 (1.1274)	7.8797	0.7693 – 80.7119	2.0660 (1.1864)	7.8929
Random effects parameter	Estimate of variance	Standard error
Community of caregiver	3.687 × 10^−19	5.566 × 10^−10

*Reference category.