Table 3. Associations of household characteristics and presence of ≥ one children with active trachoma in household.
Household characteristic | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
Odds Ratio (95%CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95%CI) | p value | |
Increasing household size (per additional person) | 1.2 (1.2–1.3) | <0.001 | 1.2 (1.2–1.3) | <0.001 |
Head of household with no formal education | 1.7 (1.4–2.1) | <0.001 | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) | 0.003 |
Head of house has heard about trachoma | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | 0.068 | ||
Head of house not knowing what causes trachoma | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.515 | ||
Improved water source | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.184 | ||
Round trip to collect water <30 minutes | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | 0.072 | ||
Report of washing children's faces 2 or more times a day | 0.7 (0.6–0.9) | 0.002 | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | 0.018 |
Own pit latrine | 0.7 (0.6–0.9) | 0.003 | ||
Owning livestock (sheep, cows, goats or camels) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 0.408 | ||
Keeping livestock in compound | 3.0 (2.3–4.1) | <0.001 | 2.5 (1.9–3.7) | <0.001 |
Owning radio | 0.9 (0.7–1.0) | 0.101 | ||
Owning television | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | <0.001 | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | <0.001 |
CI, confidence interval.