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Children with mothers whose education level was beyond primary school were 4.7% less likely to be malaria-positive (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). The Oaxaca decomposition analysis exhibited an 8% gap in childhood malaria infection for educated and uneducated mothers. Over 60% of the gap was explained by differences in household wealth (26%), household place of domicile (21%), malaria transmission intensities (14%), and media exposure (12%). All other correlates accounted for only 27%. 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