Table 2.
Symptoms of acute respiratory infections |
Episodes of diarrhoea |
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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) |