Table 4 Estimated odds ratio obtained from logistic regression models of diarrhoea among 0–5 aged children in India, 2019–2021
Predictors | AOR [95% CI] | p-value |
|---|---|---|
Environmental variables | ||
Region | ||
North | Reference | NA |
East | 1.44 [1.24–1.67] | 0.000 |
North East | 0.79 [0.67–0.93] | 0.005 |
Central | 0.88 [0.77–1.01] | 0.067 |
West | 1.23 [1.04–1.46] | 0.022 |
South | 0.87 [0.75–1.01] | 0.054 |
Type of house | ||
Kaccha | Reference | NA |
Semi pucca | 0.89 [0.68–1.15] | 0.346 |
Pucca | 0.89 [0.68–1.15] | 0.049 |
Source of drinking Water | ||
Improve | Reference | NA |
unimproved | 0.96 [0.9–1.02] | 0.139 |
Sanitation facility | ||
Improved | Reference | NA |
unimproved | 1.02 [0.98–1.07] | 0.468 |
Month of Interview | ||
Rainy Session | Reference | NA |
Others | 0.73 [0.66–0.8] | 0.000 |
Socio-economic variables | ||
Place of Residence | ||
Urban | Reference | NA |
Rural | 1.01 [0.95–1.06] | 0.918 |
Caste | ||
SC/ST | Reference | NA |
OBC | 0.93 [0.89–0.98] | 0.001 |
Others | 0.91 [0.86–0.97] | 0.001 |
Religion | ||
Hindu | Reference | NA |
Muslim | 1.04 [0.98–1.11] | 0.259 |
Others | 0.96 [0.87–1.06] | 0.371 |
Wealth Index | ||
Poor | Reference | NA |
Middle | 0.98 [0.93–1.04] | 0.372 |
Rich | 0.91 [0.86–0.97] | 0.003 |
Mother’s Education | ||
No education | Reference | NA |
Primary | 1.18 [1.11–1.26] | 0.000 |
Secondary | 1.15 [1.09–1.22] | 0.000 |
Higher | 1.0 [0.93–1.09] | 0.980 |
Mother's Age | ||
15–24 years | Reference | NA |
25–34 years | 0.89 [0.85–0.93] | 0.000 |
35–49 years | 0.9 [0.83–0.98] | 0.007 |
Media to exposure | ||
Never | Reference | NA |
Sometimes | 1.1 [1.05–1.15] | 0.000 |
Everyday | 1.07 [0.98–1.16] | 0.188 |
Child Variables | ||
Sex of Child | ||
Boy | Reference | NA |
Girl | 0.93 [0.9–0.97] | 0.000 |
Age of Child(months) | ||
0–11 | Reference | NA |
12–35 | 0.82 [0.78–0.85] | 0.000 |
36–59 | 0.48 [0.46–0.5] | 0.000 |
Birth order of Child | ||
1 | Reference | NA |
2 | 1.02 [0.98–1.07] | 0.398 |
3 and above | 1.05 [0.99–1.11] | 0.140 |
WAZ score (Underweight) | ||
Normal | Reference | NA |
Underweight | 1.08 [1.03–1.13] | 0.001 |
Severely Underweight | 1.05 [0.99–1.12] | 0.123 |
Overall Model Evaluation | ||
Observation (N) | 189,915 | |
Log likelihood (model) | -45,467.78 | |
Degrees of freedom | 33 | |
Wald Chi2 | 1415.31 | |
P-value (Chi2) | 0.000 | |
ICC [95% CI] | 0.077 [0.068, 0.088] | |
SD [SE] | 0.52 [0.02] | |