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Prevalence and Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infections among Children under Five Years in Rural Settings of The Gambia: Evidence from a National Survey

Table 2.

Bivariate Analysis on Factors Associated to AcuteRespiratory Infections among children under 5 years in rural area (GDHS2019/20)
Variables ARI P value
Rural children Rural children under 5 with ARI
N = 1364 n %
Child’s sex       0.130
Male 728 283 38.9  
Female 636 222 34.9  
Child’s age (in months)       0.425
0-12 380 139 36.6  
13-24 220 110 34.4  
≥25 663 256 38.6  
Number of under five children       0.274
0-1 288 101 35.1  
2-3 632 227 35.9  
>4 444 178 40.1  
Currently breastfeeding       0.134
Yes 807 286 35.4  
No 558 220 39.4  
Supplementary feeding       0.968
Yes 304 113 37.2  
No 791 293 37.0  
Ever vaccinated       0.531
Yes 61 19 31.1  
No 7 3 42.9  
Measles vaccination       0.319
Yes 278 109 39.2  
No 657 235 35.8  
Vitamin A supplication       0.898
Yes 720 265 36.8  
No 212 77 36.3  
Rota virus immunization       0.267
Yes 803 302 37.6  
No 132 43 32.6  
Mother’s age       0.160
<24 177 59 33.3  
25-34 379 147 38.8  
≥ 35 141 43 30.5  
Mother’s education       0.027*
No education 547 224 41.0  
Primary 256 77 30.1  
Secondary 485 175 36.1  
Higher 77 30 39.0  
Mother’s employment status       0.387
Not working 421 163 38.7  
Working 943 342 36.3  
Father’s age       0.190
18-34 311 105 33.8  
≥ 35 926 351 37.9  
Father’s education       0.113
No education 535 217 40.6  
Primary 84 25 29.8  
Secondary 369 129 35.0  
Higher 110 37 33.6  
Father’s employment status       0.001*
Not working 43 26 60.5  
Working 1129 406 36.0  
Type of floor of the house       0.903
Improved 1205 453 37.6  
Unimproved 92 34 37.0  
Toilet facility       0.687
Improved 959 357 37.2  
Unimproved 338 130 38.5  
Water source       0.247
Improved 1234 459 37.2  
Unimproved 63 28 44.4  
Stool disposal       0.793
Improved 479 173 36.1  
Unimproved 397 140 35.3  
Time to get water source       0.396
On premise 842 305 36.2  
<30 minutes 368 145 39.4  
>30 minutes 86 36 41.9  
Household size       0.061
1-4 99 28 28.3  
≥5 1264 477 37.7  
Wealth Index       0.810
Poor 498 179 35.9  
Middle 275 103 37.5  
Rich 590 223 37.8  

* Statistical significance at p<0.05