Table 2: Logistic regression for the effect of variables on children who had diarrhea.

Characteristics

OR

 

p-values

95% CI for OR

Lower

Upper

Age ( in years)

 

 

 

 

0-11

1.000

--

--

--

12-23

0.585

< 0.001

0.464

0.738

24-59

0.458

< 0.001

0.331

0.633

Sex

 

 

 

 

Male

1.000

 

 

 

Female

0.859

0.159

0.695

1.061

Type of place

 

 

 

 

Urban

1.000

 

 

 

Rural

0.921

0.538

0.707

1.198

Region

 

 

 

 

Barisal (Ref )

1.000

--

--

--

Chittagong

1.045

1.000

0.685

1.594

Dhaka

1.015

1.000

0.676

1.523

Khulna

0.550

0.046

0.310

0.979

Rajshahi

0.653

0.108

0.392

1.087

Rangpur

0.412

0.002

0.232

0.732

Sylhet

0.951

0.858

0.590

1.535

Mother’s education

 

 

 

 

No education (Ref )

1.000

--

--

--

Primary incomplete

1.294

0.162

0.901

1.858

Primary complete

1.124

0.563

0.756

1.670

Secondary incomplete

1.064

0.716

0.761

1.489

Secondary complete

0.505

0.041

0.263

0.972

Higher

1.042

0.863

0.654

1.660

Wealth index

 

 

 

 

Poor (Ref )

1.000

--

--

--

Middle

1.020

0.929

0.788

1.321

Rich

0.773

0.023

0.623

0.959

Religion

 

 

 

 

Islam (Ref )

1.000

--

--

--

Hindu

1.060

0.784

0.699

1.606

Others

0.782

0.684

0.239

2.557

Source of water

 

 

 

 

Tube well (Ref )

1.000

--

--

--

Tab

0.736

0.152

0.484

1.119

Pond

1.331

0.458

0.626

2.832

Others

0.775

0.331

0.463

1.296