Table 2.

Multivariable linear regression model predicting severity of disability, cross-sectional survey of adults with locomotor disabilities, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh, December 2010–February 2011

Variables	Bivariate analyses		Multivariable model (R2 = 0.43; adj R2 = 0.37)
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Age	.02	.01 to.02	.01	.004 to .02
Gender
Male	0		0
Female	−.13	−.32 to .05	.09	−.12 to .29
Marital status
Currently married	0		0
Divorced/separated/widowed	.48	.10 to .86	.30	−.04 to .64
Never married	−.24	−.43 to −.06	.12	−.11 to .34
Educational attainment
Less than primary	0		0
Primary	.02	−.25 to .22	.10	−.11 to .31
Lower secondary	.20	−.49 to .10	.15	−.10 to .41
Upper secondary or higher	−.25	−.49 to −.005	.11	−.13 to .36
Occupation
Unemployed	0		0
Elementary	−.52	−.77 to −.27	−.37	−.66 to −.08
Public/private service	−.63	−.88 to −.38	−.14	−.52 to .23
Business	−.84	−1.12 to −.57	−.30	−.66 to .07
Student	−1.01	−1.31 to −.71	−.75	−1.08 to −.43
Homemaker	−.62	−.89 to −.36	−.51	−.82 to −.19
Income status- Earning
No	0		0
Yes	−.44	−.61 to −.26	−.35	−.63 to −.07
Type of house
Non-brick house	0		0
Flat	−.02	−.30 to .25	.11	−.22 to .44
Brick house	−.03	−.24 to .17	−.02	−.21 to .18
Living in own house	.10	−.11 to .30	.13	−.11 to .37
Household monthly income (thousand BDT)	−.004	−.01 to .002	−.004	−.01 to .002
Household population	.01	−.03 to .05	−.01	−.05 to .003
Residence-Rural	0		0
Urban	−.01	−.19 to .18	.13	−.10 to .36
Diagnosis
SCI-tetraplegia	0		0
SCI- paraplegia	−.59	−.93 to −.25	−.51	−.85 to −.18
Stroke	−.53	−.87 to −.19	−.71	−1.04 to −.37
Arthritis	−1.10	−1.64 to −.55	−1.08	−1.60 to −.56
Chronic back pain	−1.31	−1.82 to −.80	−1.20	−1.70 to −.71
Cerebral palsy	−1.26	−1.77 to −.76	−1.00	−1.50 to −.52
Polio	−1.47	−1.83 to −1.12	−1.20	−1.55 to −.85
Amputation	−.99	−1.47 to −.51	−.80	−1.25 to −.34
Other	−.97	−1.32 to −.62	−.96	−1.30 to −.62