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. 2012 Sep 26;5:36. doi: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-36

Table 2.

Socioeconomic status indicators

Socioeconomic status indicators All patientsn= 176,n(%) Injured patientsn= 116, n(%) Non-injured patientsn= 57,n(%) OR (95% CI)**
Flush toilet
79 (45.4)
52 (45.2)
27 (48.2)
0.89 (0.47, 1.68)
Electricity
153 (87.4)
100 (87.0)
52 (91.2)
0.64 (0.22, 1.86)
Radio
148 (84.6)
97 (84.3)
48 (84.2)
1.01 (0.42, 2.42)
Television
132 (75.4)
89 (77.4)
41 (71.9)
1.34 (0.65, 2.76)
DVD/video deck
120 (69.0)
84 (73.7)
34 (59.6)
1.89 (0.97, 3.71)
Phone
138 (78.9)
92 (80.0)
44 (77.2)
1.18 (0.55, 2.55)
Refrigerator
119 (68.0)
85 (73.9)
33 (57.9)
2.06 (1.05, 4.03)
Bicycle
17 (9.7)
7 (6.1)
9 (15.8)
0.35 (0.12, 0.98)1
Motorcycle/scooter
13 (7.4)
10 (8.7)
3 (5.3)
1.71 (0.45, 6.49)
Car/truck
33 (18.9)
24 (20.9)
8 (14.0)
1.61 (0.67, 3.86)
Socioeconomic index
 
 
 
 
Poor
70 (39.8)
40 (34.5)
28 (49.1)
0.54 (0.29, 1.04)
Not poor 106 (60.2) 76 (65.5) 29 (50.9)  

1p < 0.05.

**Compares injured to non-injured patients.