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 5
Logistic regression model for ARI, Wolaita-Sodo, Southern Ethiopia, February 2017.
Predictor variables
Case
Control
AOR (95% CI)
COR (95% CI)
Educational status of the mother
Illiterate
98
233
1.40 (1.05–1.86
0.94 (0.67–1.31)
Literate
188
625
1.00
1.00
Employment status
Employed
30
180
1.00
1.00
Petty trade
37
168
1.32 (0.78–2.24)
1.10 (0.62–1.96)
Unemployed
61
124
2.95 (1.80–4.83
2.21 (1.27–3.85
Housewife
158
386
2.46 (1.60–3.77
1.97 (1.23–3.15
Family size
≤5 families
190
641
1.00
1.00
>5 families
96
217
1.49 (1.12–1.99
1.85 (1.31–2.62
Birth interval
<=2 years
177
465
1.37 (1.04–1.80
1.41 (1.03–1.92
>2 years
109
393
1.00
1.00
Number of rooms in the house
1 room
118
229
2.18 (1.53–3.11
1.46 (0.81–2.66)
2 rooms
106
366
1.22 (0.86–1.74)
1.15 (0.70–1.90)
3+ rooms
62
263
1.00
1.00
Number of windows of the house
No window
22
42
1.95 (1.04–3.66
0.77 (0.32–1.84)
1 window
159
349
1.70 (1.13–2.55
0.71 (0.37–1.38)
2 windows
67
325
0.77 (0.49–1.20)
0.51 (0.29–1.92)
3+ windows
38
142
1.00
1.00
Level of house ventilation
Poor
186
288
4.62 (2.92–7.30
4.32 (2.61–7.15
Moderate
75
391
1.37 (0.84–2.23)
1.58 (0.93–2.68)
Good
25
179
1.00
1.00
Kitchen arrangement
Inside the house
125
226
1.23 (0.73–2.08)
1.54 (0.85–2.76)
Separate building
136
576
0.52 (0.31–0.87
0.70 (0.39–1.26)
Outdoor/open
25
56
1.00
1.00
Type of fuel mainly used for cooking
Clean fuel
21
122
1.00
1.00
Nonclean fuel
265
736
2.09 (1.29–3.39
2.09 (1.03–4.22
Type of stoves usually used
Open stove
258
692
1.00
1.00
Improved stove
11
90
0.32 (0.17–0.62
0.62 (0.30–1.24)
Electric stove
17
76
0.60 (0.34–1.03)
1.91 (0.87–4.20)
Child usually present during cooking
Yes
123
260
1.73 (1.31–2.28
1.28 (0.92–1.78)
No
163
598
1.00
1.00
Habit of carrying a child while cooking
Yes
106
202
1.91 (1.44–2.55
1.66 (1.18–2.34
No
180
656
1.00
1.00
Family member smoke cigarette
Yes
11
11
3.08 (1.32–7.18
1.84 (0.69–4.90)
No
275
847
1.00
1.00
indicates those that are significant at value < 0.05; 1.00 indicates the reference category.
