Prevalence of and factors associated with diarrhoeal diseases among children under five in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study 2016

Table 2 Associated Factor of diarrhoea via multiple logistic regression

Variables	Crude				Adjusted odds ratio, aOR
Variables	n	Odds ratio, OR	95% CI	P Value	aOR	95% CI	P Value
Strata
Urban	8987	1.249	1.08,1.44	0.002			NS
Rural	6177	1
Ethnicity
Malay	10,665	1			1
Chinese	1737	1.05	0.82,1.34	0.696	1.03	0.80,1.33	> 0.05
Indian	641	1.86	1.38,2.53	< 0.001	1.70	1.22,2.36	0.002
Others Bumiputera	1788	2.64	2.21,3.14	< 0.001	2.40	1.97,2.93	< 0.001
Others	293	1.53	0.95,2.46	0.08	1.57	0.95,2.60	0.08
Father's Education level
No Formal Education/Primary	1990	1.61	1.28,2.02	< 0.001			NS
Secondary	7799	1.30	1.09,1.55	0.003
Tertiary	4589	1
Mother’s Occupation
Public Sector	3751	1
Private Sector	3233	0.99	0.80,1.24	0.985
Self Employed	1103	0.78	0.55,1.10	0.145
Unemployed/Housewife/Student	6928	1.20	1.00,1.43	0.049
Fathers Occupation
Public Sector	3567	1
Private Sector	6762	1.13	0.94,1.37	0.199
Self Employed	3948	1.15	0.93,1.42	0.190
Unemployed/Student	136	1.44	0.72,2.89	0.301
Mothers Education
No formal education/Primary	1883	1.84	1.48,2.28	< 0.001			NS
Secondary	7708	1.29	1.09,1.51	0.003
Higher	5461	1
Total Household Income
Poorest	3081	1.33	1.06,1.66	0.016			NS
Second	2993	1.11	0.88,1.41	0.381
Middle	3090	1.24	0.98,1.56	0.07
Fourth	3029	1.01	0.79,1.28	0.946
Richest	2881	1
Water Supply
Treated	14,890	1			1
Untreated	272	3.39	2.42,4.74	< 0.001	2.04	1.40,2.97	< 0.001
Waste Disposal
Sanitary Waste Disposal	11,906	1
Unsanitary Waste Disposal	3155	1.46	1.24,1.71	< 0.001			NS
Others	99	1.72	0.82,3.57	0.143
Sanitary and Unsanitary
Sanitary Latrines	14,744	1
Unsanitary Latrines	412	2.14	1.55,2.96	< 0.001			NS

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