From: Prevalence and determinants of fever, ARI and diarrhea among children aged 6–59 months in Bangladesh
Selected variables | Categories | Diarrhea (%) | p-value | Fever (%) | p-value | ARI (%) | p-value | |||
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No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
Demographic | ||||||||||
Sex of child | Malea | 94.94 | 5.06 | 0.09 | 65.77 | 34.23 | 0.02 | 62.36 | 37.64 | < 0.001 |
Female | 95.68 | 4.32 | 68.20 | 31.80 | 66.25 | 33.75 | ||||
Age of child (in months) | < 12a | 94.12 | 5.88 | < 0.001 | 63.44 | 36.56 | < 0.001 | 62.08 | 37.92 | < 0.001 |
13–24 | 91.21 | 8.79 | 60.73 | 39.27 | 59.67 | 40.33 | ||||
25 + | 97.19 | 2.81 | 70.33 | 29.67 | 66.37 | 33.63 | ||||
Currently breastfeeding | Noa | 97.30 | 2.70 | < 0.001 | 69.61 | 30.39 | < 0.001 | 66.07 | 33.93 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 93.89 | 6.11 | 65.05 | 34.95 | 62.93 | 37.07 | ||||
Age of mother at 1st birth (Years) | 12-17a | 95.38 | 4.62 | 0.33 | 65.44 | 34.56 | 0.03 | 63.40 | 36.60 | 0.24 |
18–25 | 95.12 | 4.88 | 67.92 | 32.08 | 64.66 | 35.34 | ||||
26 + | 96.96 | 3.04 | 70.17 | 29.83 | 67.57 | 32.43 | ||||
Mother's BMI | Thina | 94.07 | 5.93 | 0.11 | 65.39 | 34.61 | 0.05 | 61.81 | 38.19 | 0.24 |
Normal | 95.43 | 4.57 | 66.14 | 33.86 | 64.39 | 35.61 | ||||
Overweight | 95.56 | 4.44 | 68.79 | 31.21 | 64.46 | 35.54 | ||||
Socio-economic | ||||||||||
Father’s education | Noa | 96.28 | 3.72 | 0.03 | 67.83 | 32.17 | 0.77 | 64.78 | 35.22 | 0.58 |
Primary | 94.51 | 5.49 | 66.94 | 33.06 | 63.51 | 36.49 | ||||
Secondary + | 95.46 | 4.54 | 66.72 | 33.28 | 64.63 | 35.37 | ||||
Mother’s education | Noa | 93.78 | 6.22 | 0.18 | 69.89 | 30.11 | 0.25 | 70.59 | 29.41 | < 0.001 |
Primary | 95.47 | 4.53 | 66.33 | 33.67 | 64.77 | 35.23 | ||||
Secondary + | 95.41 | 4.59 | 66.87 | 33.13 | 63.26 | 36.74 | ||||
Wealth index | Pooresta | 95.09 | 4.91 | 0.01 | 65.81 | 34.19 | < 0.001 | 62.78 | 37.22 | 0.21 |
Poorer | 95.38 | 4.62 | 66.73 | 33.27 | 63.57 | 36.43 | ||||
Middle | 94.08 | 5.92 | 65.47 | 34.53 | 64.02 | 35.98 | ||||
Richer | 96.69 | 3.31 | 64.87 | 35.13 | 64.36 | 35.64 | ||||
Richest | 95.19 | 4.81 | 71.89 | 28.11 | 66.54 | 33.46 | ||||
Community and health | ||||||||||
Place of delivery | With Health Facilitya | 93.30 | 6.70 | 0.53 | 64.86 | 35.14 | 0.06 | 60.23 | 39.77 | 0.07 |
Respondent's Home | 93.73 | 6.27 | 62.37 | 37.63 | 62.68 | 37.32 | ||||
Delivery by caesarean section | Noa | 93.51 | 6.49 | 0.93 | 63.31 | 36.69 | 0.56 | 62.14 | 37.86 | 0.08 |
Yes | 93.57 | 6.43 | 64.14 | 35.86 | 60.16 | 39.84 | ||||
No. of living children | 1a | 94.79 | 5.21 | 0.04 | 67.01 | 32.99 | 0.30 | 61.58 | 38.42 | < 0.001 |
2–3 | 95.32 | 4.68 | 67.34 | 32.66 | 65.34 | 34.66 | ||||
4 or more | 96.81 | 3.19 | 64.69 | 35.31 | 66.89 | 33.11 | ||||
Religion | Muslima | 95.13 | 4.87 | 0.02 | 66.45 | 33.55 | < 0.001 | 64.14 | 35.86 | 0.59 |
Non-Muslim | 97.17 | 2.83 | 72.47 | 27.53 | 65.18 | 34.82 | ||||
Place of residence | Urbana | 95.58 | 4.42 | 0.47 | 69.05 | 30.95 | 0.01 | 65.24 | 34.76 | 0.23 |
Rural | 95.21 | 4.79 | 66.14 | 33.86 | 63.84 | 36.16 | ||||
Source of drinking water | Safea | 95.12 | 4.88 | 0.04 | 66.53 | 33.47 | 0.04 | 63.94 | 36.06 | 0.18 |
Unsafe | 96.42 | 3.58 | 69.45 | 30.55 | 65.96 | 34.04 | ||||
Type of toilet facility | Moderna | 95.49 | 4.51 | 0.23 | 68.89 | 31.11 | 0.04 | 66.14 | 33.86 | 0.08 |
Pit Latrine | 95.02 | 4.98 | 65.95 | 34.05 | 63.39 | 36.61 | ||||
Others | 96.15 | 3.85 | 67.45 | 32.55 | 64.19 | 35.81 | ||||
Received BCG | Noa | 98.88 | 1.12 | < 0.001 | 79.61 | 20.39 | < 0.001 | 80.73 | 19.27 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 93.14 | 6.86 | 62.43 | 37.57 | 60.03 | 39.97 | ||||
Received DPT | Noa | 96.57 | 3.43 | < 0.001 | 71.20 | 28.80 | < 0.001 | 69.66 | 30.34 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 92.81 | 7.19 | 61.82 | 38.18 | 59.52 | 40.48 | ||||
Division | Barisala | 93.53 | 6.47 | 0.11 | 61.64 | 38.36 | 0.01 | 62.28 | 37.72 | < 0.001 |
Chittagong | 94.95 | 5.05 | 67.52 | 32.48 | 66.95 | 33.05 | ||||
Dhaka | 96.18 | 3.82 | 69.26 | 30.74 | 67.79 | 32.21 | ||||
Khulna | 96.12 | 3.88 | 68.73 | 31.27 | 63.95 | 36.05 | ||||
Mymensingh | 94.63 | 5.37 | 66.67 | 33.33 | 62.43 | 37.57 | ||||
Rajshahi | 94.27 | 5.73 | 65.40 | 34.60 | 58.85 | 41.15 | ||||
Rangpur | 95.59 | 4.41 | 63.73 | 36.27 | 58.08 | 41.92 | ||||
Sylhet | 95.45 | 4.55 | 66.18 | 33.82 | 65.01 | 34.99 |