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Table 2 Distribution of neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) by socio-demographic characteristics among infants in Iganga-Mayuge HDSS

From: Prevalence and associated factors of neurodevelopmental disability among infants in eastern Uganda: a population based study

Characteristic

Infants without NDD N = 425

n (%)

Infants with NDD N = 62

n (%)

COR (95% CI)

p value

Socio-demographic Characteristics

 Age of mother (years)

   < 20

52 (12.2)

6 (9.7)

  

  20–29

264 (62.1)

38 (61.3)

1.25 (0.50–3.10)

0.763

 30+

109 (25.6)

18 (29.)

1.43 (0.54–3.82)

 

 Marital status

 Single/separated

52 (12.2)

3 (4.8)

2.74 (0.83–9.06)

0.129

 Married

373 (87.8)

59 (95.2)

  

Level of education of mother

 None, Primary, or O-level secondary (< 11 years of school)

392 (92.2)

60 (96.8)

0.39 (0.09–1.69)

0.291

 Advanced level (>  11 years of School)

33 (7.8)

2 (3.2)

  

Employment of father

 Salaried

72 (16.9)

8 (12.9)

  

 Business

130 (30.6)

29 (46.8)

2.01 (0.87–4.62)

0.040

 Others

223 (52.5)

25 (40.3)

1.01 (0.43–2.33)

 

Mother’s parity

 1–3

284 (66.8)

32 (51.6)

  

 4+

141 (33.2)

30 (48.4)

1.88 (1.10–3.23)

0.019

  1. COR Crude odds ratio