Whole Game 2: Malaria and Mosquito Nets

Malcolm Barrett

2021-09-01

  1. Specify causal question
  2. Draw assumptions (causal diagram)
  3. Model assumptions (e.g. with a propensity score)
  4. Analyze propensities (diagnostics)
  5. Estimate causal effects
  6. Conduct a sensitivity analysis

Does mosquito bed net use reduce malaria risk?

The Data

library(causalworkshop)
net_data
# A tibble: 1,752 × 10
      id net   net_num malaria_risk income health household
   <int> <lgl>   <int>        <dbl>  <dbl>  <dbl>     <dbl>
 1     1 FALSE       0           38    779     35         1
 2     2 FALSE       0           48    700     35         3
 3     3 FALSE       0           32   1083     58         3
 4     4 FALSE       0           55    753     68         3
 5     5 FALSE       0           36    919     46         5
 6     6 FALSE       0           30    969     37         3
 7     7 FALSE       0           29   1012     58         1
 8     8 FALSE       0           45    708     30         2
 9     9 FALSE       0           51    733     18         3
10    10 FALSE       0           42    862     64         3
# ℹ 1,742 more rows
# ℹ 3 more variables: eligible <lgl>, temperature <dbl>,
#   insecticide_resistance <dbl>

Proposed DAG

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