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 |