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. 2018 Sep 27;14(10):2382–2390. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1516490

Table 2.

Summary of symptoms of acute respiratory infections and episodes of diarrhoea among the children of HIV-positive mothers with DTP3 uptake at different levels.

  Symptoms of acute respiratory infections
Episodes of diarrhoea
 
Variables No Yes p-value No Yes p-value
Individual-level factors  
Gender            
Female 533 (50.6) 196 (45.9) 0.104 1,663 (49.4) 324 (49.0) 0.855
Male 521 (49.4) 231 (54.1)   1,703 (50.6) 337 (51.0)  
Age (in years)  
15–24 269 (25.5) 115 (26.9) 0.592 751 (22.3) 197 (29.8) 0.000
25–34 512 (48.6) 212 (49.7)   1,706 (50.7) 333 (50.4)  
35–49 273 (25.9) 100 (23.4)   909 (27.0) 131 (19.8)  
Education  
No education 74 (7.0) 62 (14.5) 0.000 451 (13.4) 78 (11.8) 0.072
Primary 479 (45.5) 175 (41.0)   1,448 (43.0) 316 (47.8)  
Secondary+ 501 (47.5) 190 (44.5)   1,467 (43.6) 267 (40.4)  
Employment status  
Unemployed 636 (60.3) 270 (63.2) 0.301 2,115 (62.8) 425 (64.3) 0.476
Employed 418 (39.7) 157 (36.8)   1,251 (37.2) 236 (35.7)  
Wealth index  
Poorer 325 (30.8) 126 (29.5) 0.842 893 (26.5) 197 (29.8) 0.165
Middle 305 (28.9) 129 (30.2)   996 (29.6) 196 (29.7)  
Richer 424 (40.3) 172 (40.3)   1,477 (43.9) 268 (40.5)  
Access to media            
Nil 298 (28.3) 92 (21.5) 0.035 715 (21.3) 162 (24.5) 0.195
Access to 1 outlet 309 (29.3) 139 (32.6)   1,041 (30.9) 290 (31.6)  
Access to 2 outlets 289 (27.4) 117 (27.4)   991 (29.4) 181 (27.4)  
Access to all outlets 158 (15.0) 96 (18.5)   619 (18.4) 109 (16.5)  
Community-level factors  
Place of residence  
Urban 444 (42.1) 166 (38.9) 0.250 1,494 (44.4) 283 (42.8) 0.457
Rural 610 (57.9) 261 (61.1)   1,872 (55.6) 378 (57.2)  
Poverty rate  
Low 625 (59.3) 258 (60.4) 0.690 2,103 (62.5) 391 (59.2) 0.107
High 429 (40.7) 169 (39.6)   1,263 (37.5) 270 (40.8)  
Unemployment rate  
Low 526 (49.9) 194 (45.4) 0.119 1,723 (51.2) 329 (49.8) 0.506
High 528 (50.1) 233 (54.6)   1,643 (48.8) 332 (50.2)  
Illiteracy rate  
Low 744 (70.6) 271 (63.5) 0.008 2,264 (67.3) 424 (64.2) 0.120
High 310 (29.4) 156 (36.5)   1,102 (32.7) 237 (35.8)