Children under Five from Houses of Unclean Fuel Sources and Poorly Ventilated Houses Have Higher Odds of Suffering from Acute Respiratory Infection in Wolaita-Sodo, Southern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of households in ARI, Wolaita-Sodo, Ethiopia, February 2017 .

Sociodemographic characteristics	Case, (%)	Control, (%)	Total, (%)
Mother age
15–24 years	94 (27.2)	252 (72.8)	346 (30.24)
25–44 years	189 (24.2)	592 (75.8)	781 (68.26)
45+ years	3 (17.6)	14 (82.4)	17 (1.48)
Educational status of the mother
No education	98 (8.6)	233 (20.4)	331 (28.9)
Primary level	109 (33.4)	217 (66.6)	326 (28.50)
Secondary level	46 (18.7)	200 (81.3)	246 (21.5)
Higher level	33 (13.7)	208 (86.3)	241 (21.07)
Employment
Employed	30 (14.3)	180 (85.7)	210 (18.36)
Petty trade	37 (18)	168 (82)	205 (17.92)
Unemployed	61 (5.3)	124 (10.8)	185 (16.2)
Housewife	158 (29)	386 (71)	544 (47.55)
Family size
≤5 families	190 (22.9)	641 (77.1)	831 (72.6)
>5 families	96 (30.7)	217 (69.3)	313 (27.4)
Main drinking water source
Improved	264 (23.1)	817 (71.4)	1081 (94.5)
Nonimproved	264 (23.1)	41 (3.6)	63 (5.5)
The type of latrine
No latrine	10 (20)	40 (80)	50 (4.37)
Pit latrine	246 (25.3)	726 (74.7)	972 (84.96)
VIPL	21 (22.1)	74 (77.9)	95 (8.3)
Water pouring	9 (33.3)	18 (66.7)	27 (2.36)