Table 5.
The association between selected predictor variables and active trachoma among children in Gazegibela district, Wagehemera Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 601)
| Variable | Trachoma(n = 601) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | COR(95 % CI) | P-value | |
| Education o head of HH | .001 | |||
| Illiterate | 228 | 170 | 1.00 | |
| Read and write | 77 | 91 | 0.6(0.44–0.91) | |
| Primary(1–8) | 4 | 3 | 0.2(0.081–0.51) | |
| High school(9–12) and above | 6 | 22 | 0.9(0.220–4.50) | |
| Water source | <0.001 | |||
| Protected sources | 220 | 238 | 1.00 | |
| Unprotected sources | 95 | 48 | 2.1(1.45–3.17) | |
| Monthly Income(Quartile) | <0.001 | |||
| <=350 ETB | 140 | 48 | 7.1(4.34–11.55) | |
| 351–450 ETB | 87 | 68 | 3.1(1.94–5.03) | |
| 451–650 ETB | 45 | 65 | 1.7(1.01–2.84) | |
| >650 ETB | 43 | 105 | 1.00 | |
| Occupation of head of HH | .104 | |||
| Farmer | 291 | 253 | 1.00 | |
| Merchants | 24 | 33 | 1.6(0.91–2.75) | |
| Family size | 0.130 | |||
| <=5 | 222 | 185 | 1.00 | |
| >5 | 93 | 101 | 1.3(0.93–1.84) | |
| Where do the family cook | .011 | |||
| In a kitchen | 239 | 241 | 1.00 | |
| Without kitchen | 76 | 45 | 1.7(1.13–2.55) | |
| Presence of window in cooking room | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 166 | 219 | 1.00 | |
| No | 149 | 67 | 3.4(0.56–21.12) | |
| Method of waste disposal | .001 | |||
| Solid waste pit | 148 | 173 | 1.00 | |
| On farm | 167 | 113 | 1.7(1.25–2.38) | |
| Presence of latrine | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 203 | 275 | 1.00 | |
| No | 112 | 11 | 13.8(7.24–26.29) | |
| Ownership of cattle | .082 | |||
| Yes | 255 | 211 | 1.00 | |
| No | 60 | 75 | 2.5(0.26–24.21) | |
| Sex of selected child | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 76 | 192 | 6.4(4.49–9.18) | |
| Female | 239 | 94 | 1.00 | |
| Frequency of face washing | <0.001 | |||
| Two or more times per day | 196 | 247 | 1.00 | |
| Once daily | 119 | 39 | 3.8(2.56–5.78) | |
HH household, COR crude odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ETB Ethiopian Birr