Table 2.

Posterior means and 95% Credible Intervals (CIs) for the fixed effects [Odds Ratio derived from estimates obtained from Equation (2)]

Variables	Cough		Fever		Diarrhea
	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI
Place of residence
Rural	1		1		1
Urban	1.009	0.910, 1.122	0.996	0.905, 1.097	0.984	0.889, 1.098
Level of education
No Education	1		1		1
Primary	1.112	1.008, 1.224	1.088	0.992, 1.195	1.214	1.091, 1.341
Secondary	1.062	0.931, 1.215	0.986	0.868, 1.122	1.097	0.961, 1.257
High School	0.877	0.618, 1.226	0.582	0.392, 0.866	0.632	0.389, 1.019
Water source
Not protected	1		1		1
Protected	0.966	0.887, 1.055	0.984	0.910, 1.062	0.965	0.886, 1.054
Toilet facility
Non-improved	1		1		1
Improved	1.001	0.904, 1.107	0.878	0.795, 0.962	0.952	0.849, 1.054
Electricity
No	1		1		1
Yes	0.961	0.858, 1.076	0.911	0.819, 1.013	0.900	0.799, 1.009
Access to mass media
Newspaper
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.088	0.939, 1.255	1.039	0.897, 1.191	0.911	0.763, 1.067
Radio
No	1		1		1
Yes	0.953	0.882, 1.037	1.042	0.972, 1.122	0.842	0.777, 0.913
Television
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.151	1.041, 1.267	1.100	1.005, 1.208	1.065	0.965, 1.176
Mother’s working status
Not working	1		1		1
Working	1.272	1.168, 1.377	1.358	1.257, 1.461	1.095	1.006, 1.191
Birth order
1st Birth	1		1		1
2nd or 3rd Birth	0.940	0.846, 1.045	1.010	0.916, 1.118	1.065	0.955, 1.190
4th or Higher birth	0.971	0.854, 1.104	1.119	0.996, 1.260	1.212	1.063, 1.387
Sex
Male	1		1		1
Female	1.022	0.954, 1.096	0.950	0.891, 1.013	0.897	0.835, 0.963
Breastfeeding
No	1		1		1
Yes	0.889	0.818, 0.963	0.824	0.763, 0.889	0.858	0.785, 0.934