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. 2023 Dec 2;20:100328. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100328

Table 1.

Individual, household, and cluster level results of total sample (N = 224,214 children under-5).

Number or median Percentage or interquartile range
Child variables
 Age of child (months) 30 (14–45)
 Female (vs. male) 108,393 48·34%
 Weight of child at birth (kg) 2·9 (2·5–3·0)
 Weight of child currently (kg) 10·8 (8·4–13·1)
Outcome variable
 Respiratory Infection/Illness 7485 3·34%
Cluster level variables
 Annual PM2·5 Levels (μg/m3) 62·655 (45·01–89·87)
 Region of country
 North 41,775 18·63%
 Central 57,460 25·63%
 East 43,271 19·3%
 Northeast 33,199 14·81%
 West 19,951 8·9%
 South 28,562 12·74%
 Urban designation (vs. rural) 45,884 20·46%
Household variables
 Cooking fuel toxicity
 Moderate to high toxicity 116,928 52·15%
 Non-toxic or Low-toxicity 96,427 43·01%
 Other 10,863 4·84%
 Health insurance coverage for ≥1 household member (vs. no/don't know) 87,834 39·17%
 High quality housing material (vs. low quality) 99,331 44·3%
 Household has a separate room as a kitchen, yes (vs. no) 115,776 66·65%
 Mother has not completed primary schooling (vs. has completed primary schooling) 77,256 34·46%
 Number of people living in household 6 (4–7)
 Sanitation or toilet facilities
 Improved sanitation 166,068 75·06%
 Open defecation 48,985 22·14%
 Unimproved sanitation 6183 2·79%
 Smoking of tobacco in house: yes (vs. no) 114,461 51·05%
 Water source: piped into house (vs. not piped into house) 66,346 29·59%
 Wealth index poor (vs. not poor) 112,406 50·13%

Children under-5: children younger than 5 years.

Respiratory Infection/Illness: Demographic Health Survey (DHS), has child suffered from cough AND fever AND short rapid breaths/difficulty breathing in last two weeks (yes vs. no)?

Cooking fuel toxicity: electricity, liquid petroleum gas, natural gas, and biogas are classified as non-toxic or low-toxicity, all else is moderate to highly toxic.

High quality housing material includes fabricated material, such as ceramic tiles, brick, cement, polished stone, marble, etc. All else is low quality.

Sanitation/toilet facilities: As classified by DHS, improved is flush toilet or modified pit latrine, unimproved is open pit latrine or bucket, open is non toilet facility/location.

Urban designation: As classified by DHS, including large cities, small cities, and towns (other urban areas); all else rural.

Wealth Index: Composite measure of household's cumulative living standard, divided in quintiles by DHS, and dichotomized into poor (bottom two quintiles) vs. not poor.