Contamination Potentials of Household Water Handling and Storage Practices in Kirundo Subcounty, Kisoro District, Uganda

Table 5

Bivariate robust Poisson regression analysis of total coliforms in household water.

Variable	Total coliform
	Absent ()	Present ()	cPR	95% CI	value
Age (years)
21–30	46 (82.1)	10 (17.9)	1.0	—	—
31–40	68 (69.4)	30 (30.6)	1.71	0.91–3.24	0.097
41–50	78 (78.8)	21 (21.2)	1.17	0.60–2.34	0.62
51–60	25 (73.5)	9 (26.5)	1.48	0.67–3.28	0.33
≥61	9 (69.2)	4 (30.8)	1.72	0.64–4.65	0.28
Education
Primary	112 (72.7)	42 (27.3)	1.0	—	—
Secondary	81 (73.6)	29 (23.4)	0.97	0.64–1.45	0.87
Tertiary	33 (91.7)	3 (8.3)	0.31	0.10–0.93	0.04
Occupation
Peasant	149 (73.0)	55 (27.0)	1.0	—	—
Trader	50 (75.8)	16 (24.2)	0.90	0.55–1.46	0.67
Civil servant	20 (87.0)	3 (13.0)	0.48	0.16–1.43	0.19
NGO	7 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.05	0.02–0.09	<0.001
Water storage container
Closed jerrican	46 (85.2)	8 (14.8)	1.0	—	—
Open jerrican	98 (82.4)	21 (17.6)	1.12	0.56–2.52	0.65
Jar	34 (68.0)	16 (32.0)	2.16	1.01–4.61	0.046
Closed bottle	48 (62.3)	29 (37.7)	2.54	1.26–5.13	0.009
Method of water treatment
Boiling	198 (79.8)	50 (20.2)	1.0	—	—
SODIS	9 (56.3)	7 (43.8)	2.17	1.18–3.99	0.013
Water guard	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.01	0.003–0.05	<0.001
Days of water storage
One day	6 (60.0)	4 (40.0)	1.0	—	—
Three days	87 (66.4)	44 (33.6)	0.84	0.38–1.86	0.67
Four days	5 (55.6)	4 (44.4)	1.11	0.39–3.20	0.85
Wash hands
Yes	85 (88.5)	11 (11.5)	1.0	—	—
No	141 (69.1)	63 (30.9)	0.37	0.20–0.67	0.001