Table 4.

Results of hierarchical stepwise multiple linear regression analyses.

Analysis block	Adjusted R-square	Independent variable	B	95% CI of B		β	P value
				Lower bound	Upper bound
Dependent variable = WaSH score
Block 1
Demographic factors	0.003	Child gender	–0.091	–0.416	0.234	–0.023	0.583
		Child age	–0.154	–0.394	0.085	–0.058	0.206
		Child birth order	–0.212	–0.935	0.511	–0.050	0.565
Block 2
Socioeconomic factors	0.145	Mother's education	–0.209	–0.575	0.156	–0.054	0.261
		Mother's occupation	–0.679	–1.063	–0.295	–0.172	0.001
		Father's education	–0.426	–0.793	–0.058	–0.102	0.023
		Father's occupation	–0.803	–1.212	–0.395	–0.188	0.000
		BPL family	0.195	–0.153	0.544	0.049	0.270
Block 3
Housing factors	0.143	Pucca house	–0.214	–0.769	0.342	–0.032	0.450
		No Overcrowding	–0.070	–0.760	0.621	–0.017	0.843

B is the unstandardized regression coefficient.