Table 4.

Factors associated with prevalence of active trachoma in Areka Town in Southern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 586).

Variable	Category	Total children	Children with active trachoma	P value	COR (95% CI)	PV. adj.	AOR (95% CI)
		No	No
Do you have a latrine?	Yes	517	159		1		1
	No	69	63	0	23.6 (10.03–55.76)	<0.01	6.88 (2.13–22.18)
Place of cooking	In the same room	141	17	0	28.38 (16.52–48.76)	0	5.13 (2.21–11.88)
	The same house but different room	138	60	0	4.48 (2.82–7.10)	0.68	0.86 (0.42–1.76)
	In separate kitchen	307	45		1		1
Does your cooking room have a window?	Yes	382	72		1		1
	No	204	150	0	11.96 (7.99–17.90)	0.02	2.28 (1.11–4.69)
Domestically produced waste disposal	Bury/burn	331	42		1		1
	Simple disposal	255	180	0	16.51 (10.84–25.16)	0	4.62 (2.41–8.83)
Water consumption per day	Less than 20 liters	141	111		1		1
	20–40 liters	269	84	0	0.12 (0.08–0.20)	0	0.18 (0.07–0.44)
	40–80 liters	128	24	0	0.06 (0.03–0.11)	0.06	0.38 (0.14–1.05)
	More than 80 liters	48	3	0	0.02 (0.01–0.06)	<0.01	0.07 (0.01–0.39)
Knowledge	Knowledgeable	430	90		1		1
	Less knowledgeable	156	132	0	20.78 (12.69–34.02)	0.42	1.83 (0.42–7.92)
Traveling the distance to fetch water	In a compound	200	36		1		1
	Less than 30 minutes	272	99	0	2.61 (1.68–4.04)	0.89	0.96 (0.53–1.75)
	30 to 59 minutes	114	87	0	14.68 (8.36–25.77)	0.11	0.37 (0.11–1.24)
Know about what trachoma is	Yes	478	123		1		1
	No	108	99	0	31.75 (15.57–64.74)	<0.01	8.10 (2.04–32.17)
Know that trachoma causes blindness	Yes	425	96		1		1
	No	161	126	0	12.34 (7.96–19.12)	0.18	0.50 (0.18–1.37)
Knowledge about the communicability of trachoma	Yes	424	84		1		1
	No	162	138	0	23.27 (14.19–38.18)	0.35	1.96 (0.49–7.86)
Owner of cattle?	Yes	245	153	0	6.56 (4.53–9.49)	0.19	1.49 (0.82–2.69)
	No	341	69		1		1
Educational status of the child	Not eligible	322	13		1		1
	Eligible but not attending	39	33	0	8.9 (4.53–9.49)	0.45	1.74 (0.41–7.37)
	Enrolled	225	66	0.03	0.67 (0.47–0.96)	0.89	1.69 (0.92–3.12)