Socioeconomic Determinants of Anemia and Malaria Infection in Children

Abstract

This paper uses data from the Nigerian Malaria Indicator Survey 2015 to analyze the parent's socioeconomic determinants of anaemia and malaria infection in children. The major objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of anaemia and malaria infection among children from different socioeconomic household. Using probit regression analysis, this study find statistically significant and negative correlation between household wealth index, mother's education, place of residence and child anaemia and malaria infection which are robust to inclusion of different covariates. Change age, change gender and region were also found to be important determinants of the prevalence of these diseases in children. Intervention programmes to target location of equip health care facilities in the rural areas, health insurance for all should be encouraged and programmes that will increase the income of the poor should also prioritize.