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Table 3 Distribution of the sociodemographic factors and bivariate analysis for the risk of acquiring pneumonia

From: Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in children under five years of age in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Brazil: a case control study

Variable

 

Cases (n = 407)

N (%)

Controls (n = 407)

N (%)

p-value

OR

95 % CI

Family income*

>1MS

156 (43.6)

201 (51.7)

 

1

 

(minimum wage [MW])

≤1MS

202 (564)

188 (48.3)

0.03

1.38

1.04–1.84

Household crowding

No

287 (721)

320 (86.5)

 

1

 

Yes

111 (27.9)

50 (13.5)

<0.01

2.47

1.70–3.58

Maternal age

≥19 years

369 (91.3)

389 (95.6)

 

1

 

<19 years

35 (8.7)

18 (4.4)

0.02

2.05

1.14–3.68

Maternal education(years of schooling)

≥11 years

151 (38.3)

196 (48.6)

 

1

 

<11 years

243 (61.7)

207 (51.4)

<0.01

1.52

1.15–2.02

Smoking in the home

No

285 (70.4)

321 (78.9)

 

1

 

Yes

120 (29.6)

86 (21.1)

<0.01

1.57

1.14–2.16

Maternal smoking

No

374 (91.9)

391 (96.1)

 

1

 

Yes

33 (8.1)

16 (3.9)

0.01

2.16

1.67–3.98

  1. *Data missing in 67 cases (8.2 %); Data missing in 46 cases (5.6 %); Data missing in 3cases (0.4 %); Data missing in 19 cases (2.3 %)
  2. Family income*(minimum wage MW]) - The minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers per month. During the period corresponding to the data collection the range was U$ 210.00 to 230.00
  3. Household crowding† (≥2 individuals sleeping in the same room as the child