Table 2.
Distribution of the ARI symptoms’ prevalence based on behavioral and environmental characteristics
| Characteristics | ARI disease symptoms: n = 13,493 | Sig. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | Total (%) | ||
| Family size | ||||
| Not crowded (≤ 5) | 3746 (46.5) | 2581 (47.5) | 6327 (46.9) | 0.267 |
| Crowded (> 5) | 4310 (53.5) | 2856 (52.5) | 7166 (53.1) | |
| Breastfeeding | ||||
| Not breastfed | 3323 (41.3) | 2362 (43.4) | 5685 (42.1) | 0.011 |
| Breastfed | 4733 (58.7) | 3075 (56.6) | 7808 (57.9) | |
| Child received IP drug | ||||
| No | 3615 (44.9) | 2363 (43.5) | 5978 (44.3) | 0.105 |
| Yes | 4441 (55.1) | 3074 (56.5) | 7515 (55.7) | |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| Home | 2257 (28.0) | 1383 (25.4) | 3640 (27.0) | 0.005 |
| Public Hospital | 1464 (18.2) | 1030 (18.9) | 2494 (18.5) | |
| Health Center | 3225 (40.0) | 2205 (40.6) | 5430 (40.2) | |
| Private Hospital | 1110 (13.8) | 819 (15.1) | 1929 (14.3) | |
| Toilet facility | ||||
| With slab | 2320 (28.8) | 1645 (30.3) | 3965(29.4) | 0.122 |
| Without slab | 4893 (60.7) | 3208 (59.0) | 8101(60.0) | |
| No facility | 843 (10.5) | 584 (10.7) | 1427 (10.6) | |
| Cooking fuel | ||||
| Wood | 6370 (79.1) | 4237 (77.9) | 10,607 (78.6) | 0.112 |
| Charcoal | 1686 (20.9) | 1200 (22.1) | 2886 (21.4) | |
| Drinking water source | ||||
| Protected | 6097 (75.7) | 4179 (76.9) | 10,276 (76.2) | 0.115 |
| Unprotected | 1959 (24.3) | 1258 (23.1) | 3217 (23.8) | |
| Season effect | ||||
| Dry | 3436 (42.6) | 2905 (53.4) | 6341 (47.0) | < 0.001 |
| Rainy | 4620 (57.4) | 2532 (46.6) | 7152 (53.0) | |
IP Intestinal Parasites