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Table 2 Sample characteristics (n = 26,974)

From: Trends in the prevalence and care-seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections among Ugandan infants

Variables

Category

n

Percentage

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

Year

 

1995

3722

13.8

12.6

14.4

 

2001

3992

14.8

14.5

15.7

 

2006

4720

17.5

16.4

18.6

 

2011

4667

17.3

16.3

18.5

 

2016

9872

36.6

34.2

37.3

Child-level variables

 Age of child

 

< 2 months

22,415

83.1

82.4

83.7

 

2–5 months

4559

16.9

16.3

17.6

 Sex of child

 

Male

13,568

50.3

49.6

51.0

 

Female

13,406

49.7

49.0

50.4

 Birth order

1st child

4936

18.3

17.6

18.9

 

2nd child

4559

16.9

16.3

17.5

 

3rd child

4019

14.9

14.4

15.5

 

4th or higher

13,460

49.9

49.0

50.8

Maternal and household -level variables

 Mother’s age

 

15–24

9765

36.2

35.4

36.9

 

25–34

11,734

43.5

42.7

44.3

 

> 34

5476

20.3

19.7

20.9

 Education

 

No education

5071

18.8

17.8

19.9

 

Primary

16,319

60.5

59.3

61.6

 

Secondary/higher

5584

20.7

19.6

21.9

 Occupation

 

Not working

6069

22.5

21.3

23.8

 

Service/skilled manual

6258

23.2

22.1

24.3

 

Agriculture/self employed

14,620

54.2

52.5

56.0

 Religious affiliation

 

Catholic

22,658

84.0

82.7

85.2

 

Islam/others

4316

16.0

14.8

17.3

 BMI

 

Underweight

2239

8.3

7.7

9.0

 

Normal weight

20,608

76.4

75.4

77.3

 

Overweight

3156

11.7

10.9

12.4

 

Obese

998

3.7

3.3

4.1

 Household wealth status

 

Poor

10,547

39.1

37.4

40.9

 

Non-poor

16,427

60.9

59.1

62.6

 Child was intended

 

No

16,186

56.3

55.3

57.3

 

Yes

11,787

43.7

42.7

44.7

 Cooking fuel

 

Unclean

26,893

99.7

99.5

99.8

 

Clean

81

0.3

0.2

0.5

 Residency

 

Urban

7040

26.1

24.6

27.7

 

Rural

19,799

73.4

71.8

74.9