Research Article

Unintentional Injuries and Sociodemographic Factors among Households in Ethiopia

Table 5

Association between sociodemographic factors and unintentional injury, Ethiopian demographic and health survey, 2016.

Variable nameInjury status (n = 16650)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)No (%)

Age of head of household
15–2952 (1.5)3310 (98.5)11
30–64291 (2.7)10681 (97.3)1.73 (1.29–2.34)1.27 (0.91–1.77)
>6451 (2.2)2265 (97.8)1.43 (0.97–2.12)1.14 (0.74–1.75)

Marital status of household head
Never married10 (1.0)1036 (99.0)11
Married297 (2.5)11767 (97.5)2.64 (1.4–4.97)1.67 (0.84–3.31)
Widowed52 (2.5)2056 (97.5)2.64 (1.34–5.22)1.98 (0.96–4.10)
Divorced35 (2.5)2056 (97.5)2.64 (1.30–5.35)2.12 (1.02–4.41)

Household has under 5 years old children
Yes213 (2.6)7853 (97.4)1.26 (1.03–1.54)1
No181 (2.1)8403 (97.9)11.04 (0.82–1.33)
Family size in household
<4107 (1.7)6151 (98.3)11
4–5121 (2.4)4903 (97.6)1.41 (1.09–1.85)1.3 (0.98–1.75)
≥6166 (3.1)5202 (96.9)1.83 (1.44–2.35)1.65 (1.21–2.26)

Owns land usable for agriculture
Yes251 (2.7)9196 (97.3)1.34 (1.10–1.66)0.82 (0.63–1.09)
No143 (2.0)7060 (98.0)11

Owns livestock, herds/farm animals
Yes271 (2.6)10307 (97.4)1.27 (1.03–1.58)0.92 (0.69–1.24)
No123 (2.0)5949 (98.011

Wealth index in quintile
Lowest96 (2.1)4580 (97.9)0.92 (0.70–1.20)0.69 (0.50–0.95)
Second73 (3.1)2275 (96.9)1.40 (1.05–1.88)1.03 (0.71–1.48)
Middle56 (2.7)2001 (97.3)1.22 (0.89–1.69)0.88 (0.60–1.29)
Fourth45 (2.2)1975 (97.8)1.00 (0.71–1.41)0.73 (0.49–1.08)
Highest124 (2.2)5425 (97.8)11

value less than 0.05.