Table 4 Factors associated with disability among people at Dabat HDSS site, northwest Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Disability yes n(%) | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | Over all p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
 Female | 679 (1.98) |  | 1 | 0.001 |
 Male | 547 (1.65) | 0.82 (0.74,0.93) | 0.98 (0.75, 1.28) | |
Age in year | ||||
  ≤ 14 | 137 (0.47) | 1.00 |  | <0.001 |
 15 to 49 | 517 (1.73) | 3.71 (3.03, 4.48) | 1.57 (0.70, 3.53) | |
  > 50 | 572 (6.63) | 14.9 (12.37, 18.1) | 4.49 (1.95, 10.33) | |
Wealth status | <0.001 | |||
 Poorest quintile | 314 (3.31) | 1 |  | |
 Second quintile | 256 (2.26) | 67.4 (0.56,0.79) | 0.76 (0.57, 1.00) | |
 Third quintile | 201 (1.54) | 0.45 (0.38, 0.54) | 0.75 (0.56, 0.99) | |
 Fourth quintile | 238 (1.63) | 0.48 (0.40, 0.57) | 0.67 (0.51, 0.89) | |
 Richest quintile | 195 (1.18) | 0.34 (0.29, 0.42) | 0.55 (0.41, 0.75) | |
Residence | >0.05 | |||
 Rural | 909 (1.79) | 1 |  | |
 Urban | 319 (1.89) | 1.06 (0.93, 1.21) | 0.99 (0.76, 1.30) | |
Educational status | <0.001 | |||
 Illiterate | 44 (0.32) | 1 |  | |
 Can read & write | 823 (3.89) | 12.5 (9.25, 16.9) | 0.85 (0.16, 4.51) | |
 Primary school | 110 (1.99) | 6 27 (4.41, 8.91) | 0.6 (0.11, 3.19) | |
 High school | 87 (0.79) | 2.48 (1.72, 3.56) | 0.6 (0.11, 3.18) | |
 Diploma and above | 162 (1.01) | 3.15 (2.26, 4.40) | 0.3 (0.06, 1.63) | |
Occupation | ||||
 Under age | 114 (0.56) | 1 |  |  |
 Student | 120 (0.86) | 1.54 (1.19, 1.99) | 0.50 (0.29, 0.87) | <0.001 |
 Farmer | 277 (2.19) | 3.99 (3.20, 4.97) | 0.47 (0.30, 0.74) | <0.001 |
 All type of paid job | 81 (1.71) | 3.10 (2.33, 4.14) | 0.46 (0.28, 0.77) | <0.001 |
 Unemployed | 17 (1.61) | 2.92 (1.74, 4.87) | 0.66 (0.32, 1.33) | <0.001 |
 Other | 55 (16.72) | 35 (25.39, 50.4) | 1.25 (0.74, 2.11) | <0.001 |
Doing work related physical activity | <0.001 | |||
 Never | 400 (8.89) | 1 |  | |
 Sometimes | 375 (2.28) | 0.24 (0.21, 0.27) | 0.59 (0.46, 0.77) | |
 Most of the time | 275 (1.61) | 0.17 (0.14, 0.19) | 0.36 (0.27, 0.49) | |
Food security | ||||
 Secure | 427 (1.33) | 1 |  |  |
 Mildly insecure | 115 (1.58) | 1.18 (0.96, 1.46) | 1.18 (0.86, 1.62) | 0.105 |
 Moderately insecure | 430 (2.26) | 1.71 (1.49, 1.96) | 1.49 (1.20, 1.86) | <0.01 |
 Severely insecure | 202 (3.52) | 2.69 (2.28, 3.19) | 2.11 (1.59, 2.80) | <0.01 |
Location of place | ||||
 High land | 830 (1.84) | 1 |  |  |
 Low land | 396 (1.77) | 0.96 (0.85, 1.08) | 0.93 (0.75, 1.15) | 0.520 |
Marital status | ||||
 Under age | 79 (0.39) | 1 |  |  |
 Married | 460 (2.11) | 5.45 (4.29, 6.93) | 4.07 (0.67, 24.51) | <0.001 |
 Single | 312 (1.58) | 4.07 (3.17, 5.21) | 5.25 (0.87, 31.51) | <0.001 |
 Divorced | 143 (5.98) | 16 (12.20, 21.3) | 5.47 (0.90, 33.31) | <0.001 |
 Widowed | 205 (8.69) | 23.9 (18.4, 31.2) | 4.03 (0.66, 24.70) | <0.001 |
 Separated | 27 (2.74) | 7 (4.58, 11.1) | 7.52 (1.18, 47.84) | <0.001 |