Rotavirus Diarrhea among Children in Taiz, Yemen: Prevalence—Risk Factors and Detection of Genotypes

Table 7

Effect of accommodation on outcome of Rotavirus diarrhea among children in Taiz, Yemen.

Risk factors	Rotavirus		value	Odd ratio	95% confidence interval
	Number	%
Type of house
Flat	20	10.3	0.83	0.93	0.49–1.78
House	175	89.7
Hut, shack	0	00.0	0.08	1.02	0.94–1.97
Total	195	100
Education level
Father (illiterate)	183	85.5	1.8	0.01*	1.14–2.977
Total	214	100.0
Mother (illiterate)	123	57.5	1.01	0.92	0.705–1.473
Total	214	100.0
Latrine
Latrine is available	191	98.0	3.4	0.026*	1.09–10.65
Nonlatrine	4	2.0	1.1	0.62	0.62–2.28
Total	195	100.0
Source of water
Tap water	75	35.1	0.4	0.84
Well	89	41.6	0.9	0.98
Stream/spring	11	5.1	0.46	1.3	0.61–2.91
Water trunk	21	9.8	0.97	1.0	0.55–1.87
Others (treated water)	18	8.4	0.33	1.3	0.73–2.53
Total	214	100.0
Animal at home
Yes	76	34.9	0.09	0.7	0.49–1.05
Total	218	100.0

*Significant.