Table 3.
ORs (95% CIs) of having diarrhoea among family members according to access to a quantity of improved water: results of logistic analysis, the 2009 baseline survey of the Kathmandu Valley Water Distribution, Sewerage and Urban Development Project, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
| Variable | Univariate | Multivariate |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1(−) | Model 2(+) | ||
| Basic access (20 L/c/d) to improved water source | |||
| Fully covered | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Partially covered | 1.52 (1.05 to 2.21) | 1.12 (0.69 to 1.82) | 1.09 (0.64 to 1.85) |
| Not covered | 0.92 (0.59 to 1.44) | 0.74 (0.41 to 1.33) | 0.83 (0.42 to 1.67) |
| Intermediate access (50 L/c/d) to improved water source | |||
| Fully covered | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Partially covered | 1.23 (0.74 to 2.03) | 0.71 (0.38 to 1.33) | 0.67 (0.34 to 1.31) |
| Not covered | 0.84 (0.48 to 1.49) | 0.51 (0.25 to 1.05) | 0.56 (0.25 to 1.28) |
| Optimal access (100 L/c/d) to improved water source | |||
| Fully covered | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Partially covered | 2.08 (0.75 to 5.77) | 1.82 (0.41 to 7.96) | 2.05 (0.45 to 9.31) |
| Not covered | 1.43 (0.49 to 4.10) | 1.22 (0.27 to 5.58) | 1.57 (0.32 to 7.61) |
Models 1 and 2 were adjusted for demographics, occupation, monthly household income, level of education, ethnicity, drinking water treatment and toilet facilities.
(−)Not adjusted for dummy variables for wards in municipalities/village development committees and (+)adjusted for dummy variables for wards in municipalities/village development committees.