Table 1 Distribution of childhood comorbidity and its related selected risk factors
From: Examining the spatial variations of co-morbidity among young children in Ethiopia
Covariates | Level | Comorbidity N (%) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Had none of the three illnesses | Had one illness | Had two illnesses | Had three illnesses | |||
Sex of child | Male | 3222 (72.3) | 683 (15.3) | 400 (9.0) | 149 (3.3) | 0.011 |
Female | 3173 (74.0) | 579 (13.5) | 394 (9.2) | 142 (3.3) | ||
Anemia level | Anemic | 6216 (73.0) | 1236 (14.5) | 779 (9.1) | 289 (3.4) | 0.040 |
Non-anemic | 179 (80.6) | 26 (11.7) | 15 (6.8) | 2 (0.9) | ||
Breastfeeding | No | 2114 (73.2) | 432 (15.0) | 261 (9.0) | 80 (2.8) | 0.035 |
Yes | 4281 (73.1) | 830 (14.2) | 533 (9.1) | 211 (3.6) | ||
Type of toilet facility | flush toilet | 250 (71.4) | 52 (14.9) | 37 (10.6) | 11 (3.1) | 0.050 |
latrine | 3253 (73.4) | 669 (15.1) | 380 (8.6) | 130 (2.9) | ||
no facility | 2892 (73.0) | 541 (13.7) | 377 (9.5) | 150 (3.8) | ||
Place of delivery | home | 4231 (75.0) | 771 (13.7) | 465 (8.2) | 176 (3.1) | 0.000 |
health center | 2164 (69.8) | 491 (15.8) | 329 (10.6) | 115 (3.7) | ||
Currently working | No | 4680 (74.1) | 891 (14.1) | 552 (8.7) | 189 (3.0) | 0.002 |
Yes | 1715 (70.6) | 371 (15.3) | 242 (10.0) | 102 (4.2) | ||
Household members | 1–5 members | 2747 (71.3) | 610 (15.8) | 361 (9.4) | 136 (3.5) | 0.009 |
6–10 members | 3457 (74.9) | 607 (13.1) | 407 (8.8) | 146 (3.2) | ||
above 10 members | 191 (70.5) | 45 (16.6) | 26 (9.6) | 9 (3.3) | ||
Highest educational level | No education | 4160 (74.7) | 730 (13.1) | 495 (8.9) | 181 (3.3) | 0.000 |
Primary | 1578 (69.7) | 370 (16.3) | 230 (10.2) | 86 (3.8) | ||
Secondary and higher | 657 (72.0) | 162 (17.8) | 69 (7.6) | 24 (2.6) | ||
Birth order number | 1st order | 1203 (69.7) | 303 (17.6) | 160 (9.3) | 60 (3.5) | 0.002 |
2-3rd order | 2071 (73.8) | 391 (13.9) | 262 (9.3) | 83 (3.0) | ||
4th and above order | 3121 (74.2) | 568 (13.5) | 372 (8.8) | 148 (3.5) | ||
Source of drinking water | piped | 848 (70.1) | 204 (16.9) | 122 (10.1) | 36 (3.0) | 0.038 |
public tap | 2943 (73.9) | 549 (13.8) | 366 (9.2) | 123 (3.1) | ||
protected spring | 510 (73.7) | 85 (12.3) | 66 (9.5) | 31 (4.5) | ||
other | 2094 (73.2) | 424 (14.8) | 240 (8.4) | 101 (3.5) | ||