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. 2016 Oct 26;9:10.3402/gha.v9.32833. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.32833

Table 4.

Adjusted prevalence ratios of child diarrhea by GLM with Poisson family and log link function

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
WASH Resource Index (Ref=Poorest)
 WASH poorer 0.853 0.856 0.871 0.890 0.897
 WASH middle 0.800* 0.828 0.830 0.881 0.880
 WASH richer 0.790* 0.806 0.824 0.858 0.866
 WASH richest 0.743* 0.779 0.820 0.863 0.888
Sub-country regions (Ref=Kampala)
 Central 1 0.769 0.653* 0.686* 0.625* 0.629**
 Central 2 0.81 0.705* 0.723* 0.657** 0.657**
 East Central 1.161 0.998 1.028 0.894 0.903
 Eastern 0.995 0.851 0.877 0.705* 0.717*
 North 0.861 0.742 0.745 0.590** 0.596**
 Karamoja 0.703 0.608* 0.618* 0.473*** 0.492**
 West-Nile 0.640** 0.550*** 0.552*** 0.434*** 0.439***
 Western 0.691* 0.598** 0.610** 0.530*** 0.536***
 Southwest 0.479*** 0.408*** 0.417*** 0.361*** 0.365***
Child age (Ref=Less than 12 months)
 12–23 months 1.200** 1.199** 1.202** 1.214** 1.215**
 24–35 months 0.710*** 0.707*** 0.707*** 0.717*** 0.715***
 36–47 months 0.486*** 0.487*** 0.489*** 0.490*** 0.492***
 48–59 months 0.343*** 0.343*** 0.340*** 0.345*** 0.344***
Female (Ref=Male) 0.921 0.922 0.918 0.922 0.921
Rural residence (Ref=Urban) 1.200 0.955
Maternal education (Ref=No educ)
 Primary 1.020 1.054
 Secondary 0.798* 0.880
 Higher 0.503*** 0.589*
Wealth quintiles (Ref=Poorest)
 Poorer 0.874 0.885
 Middle 0.756** 0.766**
 Richer 0.783** 0.820*
 Richest 0.560*** 0.630**
Constant 0.663* 0.648* 0.754 0.972 0.963
Model fit
 F-statistic 17.93 17.81 18.85 18.03 17.45
 df (26, 360) (27, 359) (29, 357) (30, 356) (34, 352)

All models controlled for the month of interview, number of household members, and rooms used for sleeping.

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001. WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.