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Table 2 Relationship between risk factors of, sanitation status among PLWHA on Home Based Care clients of Gondar City, 2009 (n = 294)

From: Assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene practice and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS home based care services in Gondar city, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Sanitation status

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

  

Unimproved

Improved

  

Educational status

Illiterate (can’t Read and write)

98

31

1.0

1.0

 

Read and write

32

9

1.12 (0.48, 2.61)

1.31 (0.52, 3.30)

 

Elementary

29

22

0.41 (0.21, 0.82)*

0.41 (0.18, 0.94)*

 

Secondary

31

27

0.36 (0.18,0 .69)*

0.29 (0.13, 0.63)*

 

Above grade12

7

8

0.27 (0.09,0 .82)*

0.26 (0.07,0.94)*

Income quintile

Lowest (poorest)

32

21

0.73 (0.32, 1.68)

1.05 (0.36, 3.01)

 

Second (poor)

26

15

0.83 (0.34, 2.03)

1.67 (0.56, 4.97)

 

Third (middle)

68

32

1.02 (0.48, 2.16)

1.88 (0.74, 4.77)

 

Fourth (High)

40

14

1.38 (0.58, 3.28)

1.73 (0.60, 4.97)

 

Fifth (Highest)

31

15

1.0

1.0

Household latrine availability

Yes

86

84

1.0

1.0

 

No

111

13

8.34 (4.36, 15.95)*

10.39 (5.13, 21.03)*

House hold members discriminate in the latrine

Yes

11

3

1.85 (0.50, 6.80)

4.18 (0.52, 33.28)

 

No

186

94

1.0

1.0

Have you discriminated in the latrine

Yes

11

5

1.08 (0.36, 3.22)

0.30 (0.05, 1.62)

 

No

186

92

1.0

1.0

Do you need help with walking

Yes

10

2

2.54 (0.54, 11.82)

1.57 (0.26, 9.49)

 

No

187

95

1.0

1.0

Diarrhea for the past 24 hour

Yes

14

9

0.74 (0.31, 1.79)

0.61 (0.19, 1.87)

 

No

183

88

1.0

1.0

  1. * Statistically significant association p < 0.05.