Table 4.

Logistic regression estimates of risk factors associated with childhood ARI symptoms in Uganda

Factors	Frequency (%)	AOR	[95% CI]	Sig.
Socio-demographic factors
Child age (months)
0–11	2131 (21.1)	Ref	–	–
12–23	2070 (20.4)	1.27	[1.12–1.44]	< 0.001
24–35	2003 (19.8)	0.98	[0.85–1.12]	0.727
36–47	1939 (19.2)	0.88	[0.76–1.01]	0.065
48–59	1977 (19.5)	0.69	[0.60–0.80]	< 0.001
Region of residence
Central	2064 (20.4)	Ref	–	–
Eastern	2877 (28.4)	0.63	[0.56–0.72]	< 0.001
Northern	2535 (25.1)	0.65	[0.57–0.74]	< 0.001
Western	2644 (26.1)	0.51	[0.44–0.57]	< 0.001
Mother age (years)
15–19	595 (5.9)	1.28	[1.06–1.53]	0.009
20–24	2736 (27.0)	Ref	–	–
25–29	2586 (25.6)	1.07	[0.95–1.19]	0.268
30–34	2067 (20.4)	0.94	[0.83–1.06]	0.313
35–39	1334 (13.2)	0.96	[0.84–1.11]	0.600
40–49	802 (7.9)	0.95	[0.80–1.12]	0.546
Mother employment
Unemployed	1624 (16.1)	Ref	–	–
Farmer	4780 (47.2)	1.25	[1.11–1.42]	< 0.001
Other	3716 (36.7)	1.93	[1.71–2.19]	< 0.001
Behavioral and environmental factors
Breastfeeding
Not Breastfed	4247 (42.0)	Ref	–	–
Breastfed	5873 (58.0)	0.83	[0.76–0.92]	< 0.001
Cooking energy
Wood	7955 (78.6)	Ref	–	–
Charcoal	2165 (21.4)	0.77	[0.69–0.87]	< 0.001
Season effect
Dry	4769 (47.1)	Ref	–	–
Rainy	5351 (52.9)	0.66	[0.61–0.72]	< 0.001

Sig.: p-value at 5% level of significance