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Table 2 ARI prevalence by sample characteristics for children under 5 years of age [percentage or mean (Std Dev)], NDHS 2013

From: A multilevel analysis of lifestyle variations in symptoms of acute respiratory infection among young children under five in Nigeria

 

Total

(N =28,596)

ARI prevalence

 

Percentage or mean

Std. Dev.

Percentage or mean

Explanatory variables

   

Lifestyle and health behaviors

Cooking method

   
 

Kerosene/charcoal outdoors or in a separate place

10.03

 

0.64

 

In-house use of biomass fuel for cooking

42.11

 

2.07

 

In-house use of kerosene/charcoal for cooking

11.33

 

1.20

 

Cooking using biomass fuel outdoors or in a separate place

34.86

 

2.39

 

Other

1.68

 

1.29

Smoking status of members of the household

   
 

Yes

6.82

 

2.89

 

No

93.18

 

1.86

Hand-washing

   
 

Observed

38.78

 

1.36

 

Not observed

61.22

 

2.27

Individual and household covariates

Child’s background

   

Gender

   
 

Female

49.89

 

1.96

 

Male

50.11

 

1.90

Age (in months)

28.14

17.32

 
 

0–5

10.32

 

1.46

 

6–11

11.27

 

2.82

 

12–23

20.37

 

3.08

 

24–35

18.95

 

2.08

 

36–59

39.08

 

1.12

Birth order

3.88

2.54

 
 

1–3

52.20

 

1.79

 

4–6

31.73

 

1.76

 

>6

16.07

 

2.70

OVC status

   
 

OVC

3.91

 

3.54

 

Non-OVC

96.09

 

1.86

Household’s background

   

Maternal education

   
 

No education

48.31

 

1.96

 

Primary education

19.16

 

2.05

 

Secondary and above

32.53

 

1.81

Household wealth

   
 

Richest

18.14

 

0.98

 

Richer

18.14

 

1.35

 

Middle

19.07

 

2.03

 

Poorer

22.40

 

2.88

 

Poorest

22.96

 

2.09

Outcome measure

Symptoms of ARI

  

1.93

  1. aUnweighted N’s and weighted percentages and means are reported. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding