Table 2.

Prevalence and Adjusted effect of Asthma among young women aged 15–49 years by household environment and background characteristics, India 2015–16

Household, Env. & Background Characteristics	Percent	Odds Ratio	Lower	Upper
Improved source of drinking water
No®	2.16
Yes	1.90	1.00	0.95	1.05
Improved source toilet facility
No®	1.81
Yes	2.02	1.07**	1.01	1.13
Clean cooking fuel
No®	1.84
Yes	2.07	1.03	0.97	1.09
Separate room used as kitchen
No®	1.95
Yes	1.93	0.95**	0.91	0.99
Household with no crowding
No®	1.81
Yes	2.11	1.11***	1.07	1.15
Consumption of any tobacco
No®	1.86
Yes	3.35	1.66***	1.56	1.76
Level of education
No education®	2.24
Primary	2.43	0.93**	0.88	0.99
Secondary	1.79	0.62***	0.59	0.65
Higher	1.37	0.44***	0.40	0.48
Place of residence
Urban®	2.05
Rural	1.88	1.02	0.97	1.07
Caste
SC®	1.82
ST	1.77	0.92**	0.85	0.98
OBC	1.92	1.02	0.97	1.08
Others	2.10	1.22***	1.15	1.30
Religion
Hindu®	1.95
Muslim	1.75	0.84***	0.79	0.89
Others	2.20	1.18***	1.10	1.27
Region
Eastern®	2.32
Western	1.42	0.64***	0.60	0.69
Northern	1.20	0.59***	0.56	0.63
Southern	2.94	1.48***	1.39	1.58
North-eastern	1.37	0.68***	0.62	0.73
Central	1.86	0.94	0.87	1.01
Wealth index
Poorest®	1.73
Poorer	1.89	1.14***	1.06	1.21
Middle	2.00	1.11***	1.03	1.20
Richer	2.16	1.25***	1.14	1.37
Richest	1.87	1.40***	1.26	1.56
Mass media
No®	1.70
Yes	1.99	1.18***	1.12	1.25
India	1.94

The values of the odds ratio are significant at *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01with respect to®reference category