Table 5.

Association between Acute Respiratory Infection and Predictor Variables among Children under five in Ethiopia

Variables	Levels	COR	AOR
Sex	Boy	1	1
Girl	0.980 (0.883–1.088)	0.994 (0.883–1.119)
Child age (months)	<6		1
	6–11	1.502 (1.206–1.872)	1.466 (1.143–1.881)*
	12–23	1.410 (1.160–1.715)	1.390 (1.109–1.742)*
	24–35	1.168 (0.957–1.426)	1.238 (0.982–1.561)
	36–47	0.973 (0.794–1.193	0.980 (0.773–1.242)
48–59	0.708 (0.574–0.873)	0.727 (0.571–0.925)*
Birth size	Average		1
	Smaller	1.340 (1.181–1.520)	1.387 (1.198–1.605)*
Larger	1.036 (0.911–1.177)	1.144 (0.988–1.323)
Child is twin	Single birth		1
	1st of multiple	1.096 (0.681–1.763)	0.977 (0.571–1.670)
2nd of multiple	0.968 (0.574–1.633)	0.930 (0.519–1.668)
Stunting	No		1
Yes	0.930 (0.831–1.042)	0.941 (0.814–1.088)
Underweight	No		1
Yes	0.991 (0.875–1.122)	0.955 (0.815–1.119)
Read magazine	No		1
Yes		0.675 (0.399–1.142)
Education of mother	No education		1
	Primary	1.216 (1.080–1.370)	1.18 (1.02–1.36)
	Secondary	0.901 (0.724–1.121)	1.00 (0.76–1.33)
Higher	0.769 (0.567–1.042)	0.95 (0.62–1.45)
Place of residence	Urban		1
Rural	1.151 (1.003–1.320)	0.931 (0.689–1.259)
Cooking fuel	Electric and gas		1
	Kerosene	0.807 (0.306–2.123)	0.802 (0.244–2.64)
	Charcoal	0.957 (0.712–1.285)	1.01 (0.697–1.464)
	Wood, straw	1.031 (0.810–1.311)	1.267 (0.869–1.848)
	Animal dung	1.565 (1.100–2.213)	1.904 (1.152–3.146)*
Others	0	0
Toilet facility	No facility	1	1
	Not improved	1.024 (0.911–1.150)	0.908 (0.775–1.063)
Improved	0.985 (0.848–1.144)	1.047 (0.830–1.322)
Altitude (meters)	<1000	1	1
	1000–1999	1.701 (1.468–1.970)	1.805 (1.403–2.322)*
	2000–2999	1.780 (1.515–2.090)	1.882 (1.427–2.483)*
≥3000	1.885 (1.205–2.950)	2.241 (1.023–4.907)*

Notes: *Statistically significant at p-value of 0.05 (95%CI not including 1)

Abbreviations: CO, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.