Table 2.
Adjusted multinomial model of the association between demographic and poverty determinants and the number of health outcomesb among Palestinian Refugees living in Lebanese camps, N = 2501, 2010
| Respondent (N = 2288) | One poor health outcomec (n = 678; 28%) |
Two poor health outcomesc (n = 571; 24%) |
Three or more poor health outcomesc (n = 686; 28%) |
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| Adjusted RR (95% CI) | P-value* | Adjusted RR (95% CI) | P-value* | Adjusted RR (95% CI) | P-value* | |
| Age | 1.02 (1.01–1.03) | 0.00 | 1.05 (1.04–1.07) | 0.00 | 1.10 (1.08–1.11) | 0.00 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Female | 1.17 (0.85–1.61) | 0.33 | 1.16 (0.83–1.64) | 0.38 | 1.33 (0.94–1.87) | 0.10 |
| Education | ||||||
| Secondary or more | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Intermediate | 1.28 (0.86–1.93) | 0.23 | 2.47 (1.62–3.77) | 0.00 | 1.32 (0.81–2.17) | 0.27 |
| Never went - Elementary | 1.22 (0.81–1.82) | 0.35 | 2.60 (1.73–3.91) | 0.00 | 1.83 (1.12–2.99) | 0.02 |
| Water leaking from walls and roofs | ||||||
| No water leakage | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Water leakage | 1.30 (0.98–1.72) | 0.07 | 1.16 (0.90–1.50) | 0.24 | 1.88 (1.45–2.44) | 0.00 |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Highest | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Middle | 1.19 (0.90–1.57) | 0.23 | 1.16 (0.88–1.53) | 0.31 | 1.50 (1.02–2.01) | 0.04 |
| Lowest | 1.49 (1.08–2.06) | 0.02 | 1.80 (1.23–2.63) | 0.00 | 2.14 (1.48–3.09) | 0.00 |
| Crowding index | 1.20 (1.00–1.44) | 0.048 | 1.21 (1.04–1.41) | 0.01 | 1.27 (1.02–1.57) | 0.03 |
| Geographic location | ||||||
| Peripheriesa | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Capital - Beirut | 1.64 (1.05–2.54) | 0.03 | 1.74 (1.22–2.48) | 0.00 | 3.61 (2.40–5.42) | 0.00 |
| Severe food insecurity | ||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2.44 (1.37–4.37) | 0.00 | 1.97 (0.96–4.01) | 0.06 | 3.41 (1.83–6.35) | 0.00 |
a: Peripheries include: North Lebanon, Bekaa, South Lebanon and Tyre.
b: The health outcome is a composite of: having one or multiple chronic illnesses, acute illness, disability and poor mental health.
c: The baseline reference is: No poor health outcome (n = 489; 20%).
*Bold values: statistical significant associations (P < 0.05).