Table 4. Factors associated with malaria infection in under-five children, Wogera district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variables | Categories | Malaria status | Crude Odds Ratio (COR) (95% CI) | Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | ||||
| Place of residence | Rural | 38 | 10 | 332 | 90 | 1.8 (0.9, 3.4) | 1.0 (0.4, 2.2) |
| Urban | 13 | 6 | 202 | 94 | 1(reference) | 1(reference) | |
| Staying outside at night | Yes | 43 | 7.8 | 509 | 92.2 | 8.9 (4.7, 16.8) | 5.5 (2.7, 11.1) * |
| No | 8 | 24 | 25 | 76 | 1(reference) | 1(reference) | |
| Stagnant water | No | 27 | 5 | 525 | 95 | 1(reference) | 1(reference) |
| Yes | 24 | 72 | 9 | 28 | 6.7 (3.6, 12.6) | 4.0 (1.9, 8.1) * | |
| Possession of LLIN | No | 35 | 7.7 | 419 | 92.3 | 0.6 (0.3, 1.1) | 0.9 (0.2, 5.3) |
| Yes | 16 | 2.9 | 534 | 77.1 | 1(reference) | 1(reference) | |
| The child slept under LLIN regularly | No | 38 | 8 | 429 | 92 | 1(reference) | 1(reference) |
| Yes | 13 | 11 | 105 | 89 | 0.2 (0.02, 0.83) | 0.08 (0.01, 0.9) * | |
N.B
* Significant at p<0.05.