Research Article
Water and Sanitation Hygiene Practices for Under-Five Children among Households of Sugali Tribe of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Table 4
Results of hierarchical stepwise multiple linear regression analyses.
| Analysis block | Adjusted -square | Independent variable | | 95% CI of | | value | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Dependent variable = WaSH score |
| Block 1 | Demographic factors | 0.003 | Child gender | –0.091 | –0.416 | 0.234 | –0.023 | 0.583 | Child age | –0.154 | –0.394 | 0.085 | –0.058 | 0.206 | Child birth order | –0.212 | –0.935 | 0.511 | –0.050 | 0.565 |
| Block 2 | Socioeconomic factors | 0.145 | Mother’s education | –0.209 | –0.575 | 0.156 | –0.054 | 0.261 | Mother’s occupation | –0.679 | –1.063 | –0.295 | –0.172 | 0.001 | Father’s education | –0.426 | –0.793 | –0.058 | –0.102 | 0.023 | Father’s occupation | –0.803 | –1.212 | –0.395 | –0.188 | 0.000 | BPL family | 0.195 | –0.153 | 0.544 | 0.049 | 0.270 |
| Block 3 | Housing factors | 0.143 | Pucca house | –0.214 | –0.769 | 0.342 | –0.032 | 0.450 | No Overcrowding | –0.070 | –0.760 | 0.621 | –0.017 | 0.843 |
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is the unstandardized regression coefficient.
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