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Table 1 Univariate analysis of the associations between childhood diarrhea and tubewell access in Matlab, 2000-2006.

From: Impact of tubewell access and tubewell depth on childhood diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh

Independent variable

Control variables

N

OR

95%CI

p

Density-based tubewell access

Unstratified

51406

0.87

0.85

0.89

< 0.001

 

Flood control

     
 

   Yes

17926

1.02

0.98

1.06

0.321

 

   No

33480

0.84

0.82

0.87

< 0.001

 

Population density

     
 

   Low

15048

0.87

0.83

0.91

< 0.001

 

   Medium

16919

0.85

0.82

0.89

< 0.001

 

   High

19439

0.81

0.78

0.84

< 0.001

 

Wealth

     
 

   Low

2797

0.94

0.85

1.04

0.242

 

   Low medium

13357

0.84

0.81

0.88

< 0.001

 

   Medium

21943

0.91

0.88

0.94

< 0.001

 

   High medium

10536

0.87

0.83

0.92

< 0.001

 

   High

2039

0.89

0.79

1.00

0.055

 

Education

     
 

   < 1 year

3862

0.90

0.82

0.98

0.018

 

   1-3 years

12710

0.86

0.83

0.90

< 0.001

 

   3-5 years

18303

0.88

0.85

0.91

< 0.001

 

   5-7 years

11251

0.88

0.84

0.93

< 0.001

 

   ≥ 7 years

5280

0.97

0.90

1.05

0.450

 

Year

     
 

   2000

7066

0.83

0.78

0.88

< 0.001

 

   2001

7240

0.80

0.75

0.85

< 0.001

 

   2002

7369

0.88

0.82

0.93

< 0.001

 

   2003

7435

0.90

0.85

0.95

< 0.001

 

   2004

7494

0.91

0.86

0.96

0.001

 

   2005

7445

0.93

0.87

0.99

0.014

 

   2006

7357

0.91

0.85

0.97

0.002

 

Children age

     
 

   0-12 months

2980

0.92

0.81

1.04

0.191

 

   13-24 months

3620

0.94

0.86

1.03

0.166

 

   25-36 months

4027

0.88

0.81

0.96

0.003

 

   37-48 months

3970

0.91

0.83

1.00

0.059

 

   49-60 months

3385

0.89

0.80

1.00

0.040