The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study participants and risk factors for EVD

	Entire village N	EVD infected N (% of village)	Crude hazard ratio	95% CI	p	Adjusted hazard ratio	95% CI	p	Adjusted hazard ratio from shared frailty Cox	95% CI	p
Sex
Male	549	13 (2·4%)	ref			ref			ref
Female	612	18 (2·9%)	1·24	0·61–2·54	0·55	1·03	0·49–2·17	0·92	1·19	0·52–2·73	0·68
Age group (years)
< 5	174	4 (2·3%)	7·87	0·88–70·48	0·0001	6·02	0·66–54·39	< 0·0001	6·10	0·63–58·63	0·12
5–14	341	1 (0·3%)	ref			ref			ref
15–54	552	18 (3·3%)	11·27	1·50–84·45		23·04	3·06–173·12		20·26	2·48–165·09	0·005
≥ 55	94	8 (8·5%)	31·57	3·94–252·48		57·28	7·03–466·33		53·06	5·89–477·66	< 0·0001
Household size
≤ 5 members	973	4 (0·4%)	ref			ref			ref
> 5 members	188	27 (14·4%)	37·15	12·99–106·19	< 0·0001	56·53	19·64–162·73	< 0·0001	56·08	16·38–191·92	< 0·0001

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