Individuals� Preventive Behavioral Response to Changes in Malaria Risks and Government Interventions: Evidence from six African countries

Gabriel Picone (), Robyn Kibler and Bénédicte Apouey
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Gabriel Picone: Department of Economics, University of South Florida
Robyn Kibler: Department of Economics, University of South Florida

No 313, Working Papers from University of South Florida, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyzes the importance of malaria prevalence, malaria ecology, and indoor residual spraying on the probability of sleeping under an insecticide-treated net (ITN) in six African countries. Using individual data on ITN usage combined with the malaria prevalence and ecology data for the area where the person lives, we show that malaria prevalence and ecology have positive effects on ITN usage. However, ITN usage is inelastic with respect to malaria prevalence, with elasticity of 0.181 for children under 5 and of 0.223 for adult women. We also find that indoor residual spraying does not crowd out ITN usage.

Keywords: Malaria prevalence elasticity; ITN usage; public intervations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 I12 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2013-02
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