Table 1 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictor variables of pedestrian injury (n = 1557).

Characteristic	Total	Number injured	Unadjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Sex
Male	725	215 (29.7)	2.04	1.61 to 2.60	1.98	1.52 to 2.58
Female	832	142 (17.1)
Residence
Urban	216	81 (37.5)	2.31	1.70 to 3.14	2.32	1.65 to 3.26
Semi‐urban	1341	276 (20.6)
Television ownership
No	186	57 (30.6)	1.58	1.13 to 2.21	1.44	0.99 to 2.08
Yes	1371	300 (21.9)
Distance to school
More than 10 min	828	205 (24.7)	1.25	0.98 to 1.58	1.26	0.96 to 1.66
Up to 10 min	729	152 (20.9)
Road crossing for school
One or more crossing	858	227 (26.4)	1.57	1.23 to 2.01	1.52	1.15 to 2.01
No crossing	699	130 (18.6)
Father's education*
Illiterate	169	49 (29.0)	1.44	1.01 to 2.06	1.35	0.92 to 1.99
Literate	1304	288 (22.1)
Mother's occupation*
Housewife	1254	265 (21.1)	0.61	0.46 to 0.82	0.69	0.50 to 0.95
Some employment	290	88 (30.3)
Looking both ways before crossing road
Not always†	633	162 (25.6)	1.28	1.01 to 1.63	1.19	0.91 to 1.57
Always	924	195 (21.1)
Waiting for green signal before crossing a road
Not always†	877	214 (24.4)	1.41	1.10 to 1.80	1.51	1.14 to 1.99
Always	680	139 (20.4)
Playing in the road
Ever‡	534	141 (26.4)	1.34	1.05 to 1.71	1.10	0.82 to 1.49
Never	1023	216 (21.1)
Playing on the sidewalk
Ever‡	758	203 (26.8)	1.53	1.20 to 1.94	1.25	0.94 to 1.66
Never	799	154 (19.3)

Values in parentheses are percentages.

*Participants whose fathers or mothers had died have been excluded.

†The category “not always” included responses from “never” to “frequently”.

‡The category “ever” included responses from “rarely” to “always”.