Table 7 Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates for no sign versus moderate and severe active trachoma

Intercept

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1

0.869

0.096

81.474

< 0.0001

Mother’s educational level (ref = No education)

Higher

1

0.834

0.210

15.794

< 0.0001

2.302

1.526

3.473

Primary

1

0.145

0.070

4.339

0.0372

1.156

1.009

1.324

Secondary

1

0.305

0.130

5.480

0.0192

1.357

1.051

1.751

Inside house cooking place (ref = No)

Yes

1

-0.226

0.077

8.744

0.0031

0.798

0.687

0.927

Child spent most of the time (street)

In home

1

0.160

0.058

7.643

0.0057

2.302

1.526

3.473

Fly density during interview time (ref = None)

1–5

1

0.367

0.093

15.610

< 0.0001

1.443

1.203

1.731

Bulk

1

0.129

0.114

1.286

0.2569

1.137

0.910

1.421

Income of family (ref = Poor)

Middle

1

0.110

0.079

1.942

0.1634

1.116

0.956

1.303

Rich

1

0.289

0.069

17.493

< 0.0001

1.335

1.166

1.528

Predictors have no parallel slope

Age of child in years (ref = below 3 years)

above 3 years

1

-0.236

0.089

7.011

0.0081

0.790

0.664

0.941

Distance of water source (round-trip) in km (ref = No access->1 km)

Basic (1 km)

1

-0.537

0.125

18.405

< 0.0001

0.585

0.489

0.699

Intermediate (< 1 km)

1

-2.028

0.995

4.154

0.0415

0.132

0.097

0.178

Amount of water fetched per day (ref = less than 20lt)

Between 20–50 lt

1

0.364

0.072

25.544

< 0.0001

1.439

1.250

1.658

More 50lt

1

0.920

0.135

46.154

< 0.0001

2.509

1.924

3.271

Number of people sharing one room (ref = 1–4)

5–9

1

0.138

0.073

3.550

0.0596

1.148

0.995

1.325

10 and more

1

-0.051

0.137

0.138

0.7101

0.950

0.727

1.243