Table S4.
Association between heat-related outcomes and candidate covariates (unadjusted ORs and 95% confidence intervals).
| HRS | HRI | HRI + HRS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Age | |||
| Young (<5) | 0.10 * (0.031, 0.34) | 1.02 (0.60, 1.72) | 0.42 * (0.26, 0.67) |
| Elderly (>60) | 2.80 * (1.74, 4.49) | 1.30 (0.61, 2.77) | 2.26 * (1.44, 3.55) |
| All other ages (5 ≤ age ≤ 60) (ref) | |||
| Monthly HH income (increase in 100 INR) | 1.00 * (0.99, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) |
| Bi-monthly electricity bill (increase in 100 INR) | 0.96 * (0.94, 0.99) | 0.98 (0.95, 1.02) | 0.96 * (0.94, 0.99) |
| Exposure factors | |||
| Occupational category | |||
| Manual labor | 1.40 (0.99, 1.96) | 0.69 (0.44, 1.10) | 1.16 (0.86, 1.56) |
| Service/Office/teacher | 1.18 (0.79, 1.77) | 0.82 (0.45, 1.48) | 0.89 (0.62, 1.29) |
| Sales/Artisan | 1.09 (0.72, 1.65) | 0.80 (0.46, 1.38) | 1.01 (0.69, 1.47) |
| Homemaker/none (ref) | |||
| Work outdoor in summer | 0.85 (0.44, 1.66) | 0.71 (0.34, 1.47) | 0.78 (0.44, 1.38) |
| Location of work | |||
| Sun | 2.67 * (1.65, 4.31) | 1.01 (0.49, 2.06) | 1.95 * (1.26, 3.02) |
| Mixed | 1.02 (0.64, 1.63) | 0.61 (0.33, 1.15) | 0.89 (0.59, 1.35) |
| Shade (ref) | |||
| Kitchen located inside | 2.55 * (1.61, 4.06) | 2.09 (0.92, 4.74) | 2.71 * (1.71, 4.29) |
| Transit: Walking vs. Auto rickshaw (ref) | 2.49 * (1.58, 3.92) | 1.98 (0.48, 8.05) | 2.59 * (1.36, 4.95) |
| Cooling method | |||
| A/C or air cooler | 0.15 * (0.053, 0.44) | -- | 0.11 * (0.034, 0.36) |
| Electric fan | 0.54 * (0.34, 0.86) | -- | 0.69 (0.37, 1.27) |
| Other | 0.88 (0.19, 4.04) | -- | 0.82 (0.15, 4.36) |
| None (ref) | |||
| Susceptibility factors | |||
| Chronic preexisting condition | 3.37 * (2.57, 4.43) | 1.52 * (1.02, 2.26) | 2.52 * (1.95, 3.26) |
| Diarrheal preexisting condition | 1.19 (0.69, 2.07) | 3.25 * (1.78, 5.93) | 2.05 * (1.34, 3.13) |
| Infectious preexisting condition | 1.51 * (1.12, 2.03) | 2.75 * (1.88, 4.02) | 2.05 * (1.58, 2.67) |
| Barrier to A/C vs. Nothing/Don’t want to | 1.42 * (1.07, 1.89) | 2.40 * (1.65, 3.51) | 1.90 * (1.43, 2.53) |
| Main source of drinking water | |||
| In-home tap | 0.51 * (0.28, 0.92) | 0.71 (0.35, 1.42) | 0.41 * (0.20, 0.84) |
| Public | 0.43 * (0.21, 0.89) | 0.85 (0.30, 2.42) | 0.42 * (0.18, 0.97) |
| Purchased (bottled/50L jugs) (ref) | |||
| Time of day get water | |||
| Morning | 0.94 (0.44, 2.03) | -- | 1.52 (0.71, 3.26) |
| Noon | 1.58 (0.67, 3.75) | -- | 3.49 * (1.37, 8.88) |
| Evening (ref) | |||
| Adaptive Behaviors | |||
| Access to information: | |||
| Visited a doctor for heat-related illness before | 1.64 * (1.45, 2.17) | -- | 3.85 * (2.86, 5.00) |
| Heat warning source this past summer: People vs. Media (ref) | 2.10 * (1.56, 2.81) | 0.91 (0.61, 1.36) | 1.59 * (1.19, 2.13) |
| Heat-related morbidity source where they have looked/would look | |||
| Media | 0.76 (0.46, 1.25) | 1.61 (0.85, 3.05) | 1.10 (0.67, 1.81) |
| Don't Know | 0.77 (0.25, 2.32) | 0.81 (0.10, 6.40) | 0.95 (0.23, 4.01) |
| Community (ref) | |||
| Person talked to about heat-related morbidity | |||
| No one | 0.59 * (0.41, 0.83) | 0.67 (0.38, 1.18) | 0.57 * (0.40, 0.82) |
| Community | 1.12 (0.58, 2.16) | 0.93 (0.37, 2.33) | 1.13 (0.57, 2.22) |
| Professional (ref) | |||
| Worried about getting sick from heat | 2.65 * (1.03, 6.83) | -- | 2.93 * (1.02, 8.48) |
| Have sought heat-related morbidity info before | 2.01 * (1.36, 2.97) | 6.31 * (2.20, 18.12) | 2.88 * (1.95, 4.26) |
| Coping methods frequency: Most of the time vs. Sometimes/Rarely (ref) | |||
| Stay indoors | 1.31 (0.76, 2.25) | 0.72 (0.28, 1.87) | 0.95 (0.53, 1.71) |
| Drink plenty of water | 1.62 (0.94, 2.79) | 1.46 (0.62, 3.41) | 1.76 * (1.03, 3.01) |
| Seek shade/tree | 0.80 (0.61, 1.06) | 0.74 (0.50, 1.09) | 0.71 * (0.54, 0.94) |
| Wear light clothing | 0.56 * (0.43, 0.72) | 1.10 (0.75, 1.61) | 0.68 * (0.52, 0.89) |
| Wear hat/cover head | 0.72 * (0.53, 0.96) | 0.92 (0.59, 1.44) | 0.78 (0.57, 1.05) |
| Go to A/C location | 0.39 (0.05, 2.85) | -- | 0.25 (0.035, 1.80) |
| Reduce activity | 1.25 (0.86, 1.83) | 0.72 (0.38, 1.35) | 1.03 (0.67, 1.57) |
| Take cool showers | 2.09 * (1.31, 3.34) | 5.28 * (1.82, 15.29) | 2.86 * (1.79, 4.56) |
| Avoid outdoor activity | 0.54 (0.28, 1.02) | 0.59 (0.14, 2.44) | 0.50 * (0.27, 0.93) |
| Coping Score (2–13) - continuous | 1.03 (0.96, 1.10) | 0.98 (0.89, 1.07) | 1.00 (0.94, 1.08) |
| Coping score level | |||
| Low (0–5) | 0.74 (0.47, 2.50) | 1.05 (0.34, 3.23) | 1.25 (0.40, 1.61) |
| Moderate (6–9) | 1.16 (0.88, 1.53) | 1.23 (0.84, 1.81) | 1.25 (0.95, 1.66) |
| High (10–16) (ref) | |||
| Measures of Social Connectedness: | |||
| Feel safe in neighborhood because of positive/neutral relations within neighborhood | 1.45 (0.74, 2.86) | 1.81 (0.26, 1.25) | 1.61 (0.72, 3.57) |
| Did NOT Know most of their neighbors and talk to them often | 1.15 (0.81, 1.62) | 0.70 (0.40, 1.23) | 0.96 (0.67, 1.38) |
| Nearest person they would call in an emergency | |||
| No one | 0.54 (0.22, 1.32) | -- | 0.75 (0.21, 2.77) |
| Outside of neighborhood | 0.66 (0.40, 1.08) | -- | 0.42 * (0.25, 0.68) |
| In the neighborhood (ref) | |||
| Respondent/neighbor have NOT checked on each other during heat wave and/or called on each other in an emergency | 0.51* (0.34, 0.76) | 0.19 * (0.087, 0.42) | 0.36 * (0.24, 0.54) |
| Social connectedness score: (0–3) | |||
| 0–1 | 1.15 (0.70, 1.87) | 0.44 (0.19, 1.06) | 0.84 (0.51, 1.39) |
| 2 | 0.41 * (0.28, 0.59) | 0.26 * (0.13, 0.49) | 0.31 * (0.21, 0.46) |
| 3 (ref) | |||
* p < 0.05 compared to indicated reference.