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Table 1 Hypothesized neighborhood socioeconomic influences, together with the distribution and categorization of neighborhood-level variables, which were used to predict the likelihood of development of ARI symptoms; 2013 NDHS (children 0–5, n = 896)

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

Neighborhood characteristic

Percentage or mean (Std Dev)

Categorization

Community use of biomass cooking fuel

78.82 (40.85)

Community biomass use: 0–1

 

Low (0 to 0.738)

27.87 (44.84)

Lowest use of biomass cooking fuel

 

Median (0.739 to0. 98)

90.57 (29.22)

Median use of biomass cooking fuel

 

High (0.981 to 1)

99.84 (3.87)

Highest use of biomass cooking fuel

Community wealth index

44.55 (49.70)

Lowest quartile versus higher quartile

 

The first quartile (0 to 0)

0

 
 

The second quartile (2 to 40)

16.31 (36.95)

 
 

The third quartile (40 to 92)

70.18 (45.74)

 
 

The fourth quartile (93 to 100)

98.82 (10.77)

Highest proportion of middle, rich and richest in the community

Community OVC status

4.23 (20.13)

Proportion of OVC within a community: 0–1

 

Low (0)

0

Lowest OVC rate in community

 

Median (1.5 to 5.0)

3.31 (1)

Median OVC rate in community

 

High (5.1 to 50)

11.02 (5.5)

Highest OVC rate in community

Residence

 

Urban

35.88 (1.10)

 
 

Rural

64.11 (1.10)

 

Province

 

North West

17.27 (0.89)

 
 

North Central

13.71 (0.84)

 
 

North East

36.60 (1.06)

 
 

South East

8.81 (0.67)

 
 

South South

9.46 (0.54)

 
 

South West

14.13 (0.83)

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