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. 2020 Aug 13;10:13767. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70741-4

Table 1.

Description of variables entered into multivariate models.

Variable name Questionnaire/study design definition Categories
Independent measures
AMR risk models
Adult_child Participant is a child or an adult

0-Child

1-Adult

Rural_urban Sample is from rural or urban community

0-Rural

1-Urban

Diarrhea A binary variable indicating whether the household reported diarrhea in the past 14 days (phase 1) and/or diarrhea between study periods (phase 2)

0 = No

1 = Yes

Boiled milk Whether the household boiled milk before consuming

0 = No

1 = Yes

Scaled variable Scale range
Antibiotic use scale

Created by summing three question categories 1) ever used antibiotics; 2) antibiotics used in last 14 days (phase 1); 3) antibiotics used between study phases. A smaller number of individuals answered yes to all study questions, so the scale was collapsed into three categories (0, 1, 2) with

Level (0) = No to all three questions

Level (1) = Yes to one of the three questions

Level (2) = Yes to two or more of the questions

Scale 0–2
Household hygiene scale A linear scale indicating increasing levels of household sanitation including whether feces were present on floor (reverse-coded), whether the floor was dirt (reverse-coded), whether the household had a clothes washer, an improved toilet, a private toilet, whether river water was used in household (reverse coded), ownership of animals (reverse coded), whether protozoa were detected in fecal samples (reverse-coded) and whether trash was disposed in an appropriate location Scale 1–9