IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/iuj/wpaper/ems_2026_11.html

How Transport Networks and Socio-Demographic Factors Influence Malaria Risk among Children: Evidence from Kenya

Author

Listed:
  • Chun Yee Wong

    (International University of Japan)

  • Caren Miriel Oshome

    (International University of Japan)

Abstract

This study examines how transport networks and socio-demographic factors affect malaria infection rates among children in Kenya. An instrumental-variable complementary log-log model was employed to obtain robust estimates using 2020 Malaria Indicator Survey Data. Results indicate that each additional year of maternal education decreases malaria incidence in children by 0.40 percentage points. In areas with high road density, the likelihood of malaria increases by approximately 6.47 to 7.53 percentage points. However, heterogeneity analysis indicates that education reduces malaria risk by 0.57 percentage points in high-density areas. In rural areas, increased road density exacerbates malaria risk. Children in rural areas have an increased risk of about 10.6 percentage points in the third and fourth quartiles, while in urban areas, only children in the third quartile see a smaller increase of 3.27 percentage points. Thus, it is evident that investing in infrastructure may not lead to improved health outcomes unless women fs education and malaria control programs are also addressed. To effectively reduce the risk of malaria, it's essential to combine educational policies with public health strategies.

Suggested Citation

  • Chun Yee Wong & Caren Miriel Oshome, 2026. "How Transport Networks and Socio-Demographic Factors Influence Malaria Risk among Children: Evidence from Kenya," Working Papers EMS_2026_11, Research Institute, International University of Japan.
    • Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:ems_2026_11
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www2.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2026_11.pdf
    File Function: First version, 2026
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:ems_2026_11. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Toshiyuki Moriyama, Office of Academic Affairs (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/gsiujjp.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.