Table 3 Results of the association of sex, socio-economic status, bednet density at household level and distance to nearest health facility with child mortality, resulting from the bivariate and multivariate non-spatial models and spatial model
From: Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality
Indicator | Bivariate model | Multivariate model | Spatial model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IRRa | 95% CIb | IRRa | 95% CIb | IRRa | 95% CIb | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Male | 0.90 | (0.75,1.07) | 0.89 | (0.75,1.06) | 0.88 | (0.73,1.06) |
Socio-economic status | ||||||
Most poor | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Very poor | 0.83 | (0.64,1.09) | 0.84 | (0.65,1.11) | 0.87 | (0.63,1.21) |
Poor | 0.82 | (0.63,1.08) | 0.84 | (0.64,1.10) | 0.82 | (0.64,1.05) |
Less poor | 0.69 | (0.52,0.91) | 0.70 | (0.53,0.93) | 0.68 | (0.51,0.94) |
Least poor | 0.87 | (0.67,1.14) | 0.90 | (0.69,1.18) | 0.90 | (0.68,1.20) |
Bednet density at household level | ||||||
0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
0 – 0.2 | 0.96 | (0.71,1.32) | 0.99 | (0.73,1.36) | 1.03 | (0.83,1.29) |
0.2 – 0.3 | 0.99 | (0.73,1.33) | 1.02 | (0.76,1.39) | 1.04 | (0.81,1.39) |
0.3 – 0.5 | 0.77 | (0.57,1.06) | 0.81 | (0.59,1.11) | 0.84 | (0.56,1.13) |
> 0.5 | 0.78 | (0.52,1.17) | 0.81 | (0.54,1.23) | 0.76 | (0.54,1.24) |
Distance to nearest health facility | 0.80 | (0.16,3.96) | 0.60 | (0.10,3.68) | 0.23 | (0.03,3.71) |
Spatial parameters | ||||||
σ 2 | 0.75 | (0.35,1.16) | ||||
Range (3/ρ)c | 0.43 | (0.39,0.48) | ||||