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. 2017 Jan 26;95(4):250–260. doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.177758

Table 3. Modification by household latrine use and water access of the association between active trachoma in children aged 1–9 years and community sanitation usage, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2011–2014.

Community sanitation usage
(% of households with latrines in apparent use)
Household owns latrine with evidence of use
Household does not own latrine with evidence of usea
n sOR (95% CI)b
Water access
< 30 minutes
Water access
≥ 30 minutes
Water access
< 30 minutes
Water access
≥ 30 minutes
n OR
(95% CI)
n OR
(95% CI)
n OR
(95% CI)
n OR
(95% CI)
≥ 80 6 383 0.62 (0.39–0.99) 2 332 0.51 (0.32–0.83) 518 0.68 (0.41–1.13) 182 0.93 (0.52–1.67) 9 415 0.67 (0.48–0.95)
60 to < 80 5 870 0.83 (0.54–1.29) 2 690 0.54 (0.32–0.90) 2 006 0.87 (0.55–1.37) 982 0.68 (0.42–1.09) 11 548 0.76 (0.57–1.03)
40 to < 60 3 636 0.87 (0.56–1.36) 1 741 0.76 (0.46–1.24) 3 094 1.10 (0.75–1.62) 1 471 1.35 (0.92–1.96) 9 942 1.01 (0.74–1.37)
20 to < 40 2 587 1.14 (0.75–1.72) 1 237 0.72 (0.46–1.13) 5 282 1.07 (0.74–1.56) 2 392 1.22 (0.87–1.69) 11 498 1.06 (0.78–1.44)
< 20 1 090 Ref. 492 Ref. 10 679 Ref. 6 687 Ref. 18 948 Ref.

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; Ref.: reference group; sOR: summary odds ratio.

a Because the household has no latrine or has a latrine considered to be unused.

b Summary OR weighted by total population within strata of household water and sanitation access, adjusted for age, sex, household education, household wealth items, community mean sum of household wealth indicators, median number of times surveyed residents in a community had reportedly received a mass drug administration against trachoma and survey round.