Table 3 Correlates for diarrhoea, and acute respiratory infection among children aged less than 5 years in multivariate analysis
Adjusted OR* (95%CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Diarrhoea | Acute respiratory infection |
Sex of child | ||
Male | - | 1.17 (1.10, 1.25) |
Female | 1 | |
Age of child | ||
<6 | 0.97 (0.86, 1.09) | 0.76 (0.61, 0.93) |
6–11 | 2.22 (2.02, 2.44) | 1.49 (1.26, 1.74) |
12–23 | 1.84 (1.71, 2.00) | 1.32 (1.16, 1.49) |
24–35 | 0.94 (0.85, 1.02) | 1.15 (1.00, 1.31) |
36–47 | 0.60 (0.55, 0.66) | 0.83 (0.71, 0.95) |
48–59 | 1 | 1 |
Area of residence | ||
Urban | 1.08 (1.02, 1.15) | - |
Rural | 1 | |
Maternal formal education | ||
None | 1.11 (1.04, 1.18) | - |
Primary | 1.05 (0.99, 1.11) | |
Secondary | 1 | |
Wealth index (quintiles) | ||
Poorest | - | 0.89 (0.72, 1.12) |
Second | 1.51 (1.35, 1.70) | |
Middle | 1.13 (0.98, 1.29) | |
Fourth | 0.78 (0.68, 0.91) | |
Richest | 1 | |
Main source of water | ||
Piped | 1.32 (1.17, 1.48) | - |
Protected well | 0.74 (0.62, 0.89) | |
Unprotected well/river | 1 | |
Toilet facility | ||
Flush toilet | 1.37 (1.17, 1.48) | 1.35 (1.07, 1.69) |
Improved pit latrine | 0.95 (0.78, 1.16) | 1.07 (0.79, 1.45) |
Traditional pit latrine | 0.93 (0.81, 1.06) | 0.89 (0.72, 1.11) |
Open pit | 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) | 0.79 (0.51, 1.24) |
No facility, bush | 1 | 1 |
Disposal of children's stool | ||
Thrown in toilet/pit latrine | 0.80 (0.72, 0.90) | - |
Thrown outside the yard | 0.92 (0.83, 1.01) | |
Left on the ground | 1 | |
Disposal of dirty water | ||
Net joining public sewer system | 0.85 (0.76, 0.94) | - |
Net that inadequately disposes dirty water | 1.15 (1.03, 1.28) | |
Net joining septic tank | 1.00 (0.93, 1.09) | |
Water poured to form collections | 1 | |