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Table 3 Variables included in the multiple logistic regression models used to calculate adjusted odds ratios

From: Environmental determinants of access to shared sanitation in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Abidjan and Nairobi

Dependent variable

Stratification

Independent variables

[MLR model 1] Perceived lack of safety to access the most used toilet: whether the respondent representing the household considers it unsafe to access the toilet at any time

Stratum in Abidjan:

N1 = 245 households (with valid answers for all 5 variables)

Stratum in Nairobi:

N1 = 948 households (with valid answers for all 5 variables)

•Toilet most frequently used by the household is located out of premises (exposure)

•Toilet most frequently used by the household is shared with other household(s) (control)

•Head of the household attained at least secondary education (control)

•Respondent was female (control)

[MLR model 2] Diarrhea: whether the individual had diarrhea in the 2 weeks preceding the survey

Strata in Abidjan:

N2 gen pop = 942 individuals in the general population (living in a household with valid answers for all 7 variables)2

N2 under 5 = 106 individuals in the population under 5 years (living in a household with valid answers for all 7 variables)2

Strata in Nairobi:

N2 gen pop = 1899 individuals in the general population (living in a household with valid answers for all 7 variables)2

N2 under 5 = 250 individuals in the population under 5 years (living in a household with valid answers for all 7 variables)2

•Individual lives in a household where access to the most frequently used toilet is considered unsafe (exposure)

•Individual lives in a household where the most frequently used toilet is considered ‘improved’1 (control)

•Individual lives in a household where the most frequently used toilet is considered ‘dirty’ or ‘very dirty’ by most users (control)

•Individual lives in a household with access to basic1 hygiene amenities (control)

•Individual lives in a household where consumption of street food is frequent (control)

•Head of the household where the individual lives attained at least secondary education (control)

  1. 1As defined by the WHO—UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for water, sanitation and hygiene [13]
  2. 2For MLR model 2, the analysis was done at individual level because the cases of diarrhea were reported at individual level. MLR Multiple logistic regression