Table 4 Logistic regression estimates for elderly who suffered from water borne diseases by their background characteristics in India
Background characteristics | AOR |
|---|---|
95% CI | |
Place of residence | |
Rural | 1.21*(1.12,1.31) |
Urban | Ref |
Age (in years) | |
60–69 | Ref |
70–79 | 0.99(0.92,1.06) |
80 + | 0.94(0.85,1.05) |
Sex | |
Male | Ref |
Female | 1.19*(1.1,1.28) |
Education | |
No education/primary not completed | 1.56*(1.34,1.82) |
Primary completed | 1.37*(1.16,1.62) |
Secondary completed | 1.31*(1.12,1.54) |
Higher and above | Ref |
Marital status | |
Currently married | Ref |
Widowed | 1.05(0.98,1.13) |
Others | 0.92(0.75,1.13) |
Working status | |
Working | Ref |
Retired | 0.95(0.88,1.03) |
Not working | 0.81*(0.73,0.88) |
Body Mass Index | |
Underweight | 1.12*(1.01,1.24) |
Normal | 1.08(0.99,1.17) |
Overweight/obese | Ref |
Type of toilet facility | |
Unimproved | 1.22*(1.13,1.32) |
Improved | Ref |
Source of drinking water | |
Unimproved | 1.37*(1.2,1.57) |
Improved | Ref |
Type of house | |
Pucca | Ref |
Semi pucca | 1.14*(1.06,1.23) |
Kutcha | 1.08(0.99,1.19) |
MPCE quintile | |
Poorest | 0.87*(0.78,0.96) |
Poorer | 1.02(0.93,1.13) |
Middle | 0.93(0.84,1.03) |
Richer | 1.01(0.91,1.11) |
Richest | Ref |
Religion | |
Hindu | Ref |
Muslim | 0.92(0.83,1.01) |
Christian | 0.99(0.86,1.15) |
Others | 0.91(0.79,1.04) |
Caste | |
Scheduled Caste | Ref |
Scheduled Tribe | 1.27*(1.13,1.43) |
Other Backward Class | 1.16*(1.06,1.26) |
Others | 0.93(0.84,1.02) |
Region | |
North | Ref |
Central | 1.36*(1.23,1.5) |
East | 0.69*(0.63,0.76) |
Northeast | 0.46*(0.4,0.53) |
West | 0.50*(0.45,0.56) |
South | 0.23*(0.21,0.26) |
Cox & snell R square | 0.065 |
Nagelkerke R square | 0.097 |