Research Article
Prevalence of Child Functional Difficulties and Its Associated Factors in Bangladesh: An Application of Count Regression Model
Table 3
Negative binomial regression model for children aged 5 to 17 years.
| Predictors | Male | Female | IRR [95% CI] | value | IRR [95% CI] | value |
| Child age (in years) | 5-9 (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | 10-14 | 1.27 [1.15–1.41 | <0.001 | 1.39 [1.25–1.55 | <0.001 | 15-17 | 1.41 [1.23–1.61 | <0.001 | 1.77 [1.50–2.09 | <0.001 | Child education | No education (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | ECE | 0.2 [0.17–0.24] | <0.001 | 0.23 0.19–0.28] | <0.001 | Primary | 0.2 [0.17–0.23] | <0.001 | 0.15 [0.13–0.18] | <0.001 | Secondary | 0.15 [0.13–0.17] | <0.001 | 0.1 [0.09–0.12] | <0.001 | Secondary+ | 0.12 [0.10–0.14] | <0.001 | 0.1 [0.08–0.13] | <0.001 | Mother age (in years) | 15-24 (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | 25-34 | 0.74 [0.61–0.88] | 0.001 | 1.25 [1.03–1.52] | 0.027 | 35+ | 0.62 [0.51–0.75] | <0.001 | 1.1 [0.89–1.35] | 0.388 | Child ever born | 1 (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | 2-3 | 1.07 [0.93–1.24] | 0.348 | 1.12 [0.95–1.31] | 0.18 | 4+ | 1.21 [1.03–1.43] | 0.023 | 1.16 [0.97–1.38] | 0.1 | Mother disability | Yes (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | No | 0.38 [0.32–0.45] | <0.001 | 0.37 [0.31–0.43] | <0.001 | HH education level | Preprimary or none | 1.12 [1.02–1.23] | 0.023 | 1.04 [0.94–1.14] | 0.463 | Primary | 1.1 [1.00–1.21] | 0.049 | 1.01 [0.92–1.11] | 0.795 | Secondary+ (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | Religion | Muslim | 1.15 [1.00–1.33] | 0.046 | 1.36 [1.17–1.57] | <0.001 | Other (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | Place of residence | Urban (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | Rural | 1.09 [0.98–1.20] | 0.101 | 1.12 [1.01–1.24] | 0.029 | Wealth index | Poor | 1.19 [0.83–1.02] | 0.121 | 1.1 [0.96–1.18] | 0.213 | Middle | 1.08 [0.90–1.11] | 0.996 | 1.06 [0.89–1.10] | 0.847 | Rich (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | Division | Barishal (ref.) | 1.00 | | 1.00 | | Chattogram | 0.37 [0.32–0.43] | <0.001 | 0.46 [0.40–0.53] | <0.001 | Dhaka | 0.19 [0.17–0.23] | <0.001 | 0.24 [0.21–0.28] | <0.001 | Khulna | 0.2 [0.16–0.23] | <0.001 | 0.23 [0.20–0.28] | <0.001 | Mymensingh | 0.86 [0.73–1.02] | 0.043 | 1.16 [0.99–1.36] | 0.038 | Rajshahi | 0.49 [0.42–0.57] | <0.001 | 0.51 [0.44–0.60] | <0.001 | Rangpur | 0.14 [0.11–0.16] | <0.001 | 0.19 [0.16–0.23] | <0.001 | Sylhet | 0.09 [0.07–0.11] | <0.001 | 0.08 [0.06–0.10] | <0.001 |
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ref.=reference category; HH = household head; ECE = early child education; IRR = incidence rate ratios.
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