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Table 6 Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) for association between background characteristics and household presence of older persons in selected African countries

From: Risk assessment for COVID-19 transmission at household level in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from DHS

Sub-region/country

Handwashing

Isolation capacity

Wealth indexa

Educationb: household head

Residence

Average

Rich

Primary

Secondary+

Urban vs. rural

Western Africa

 Benin

1.12 (0.96–1.30)

2.00 (1.84–2.18)

0.81 (0.72–0.90)

0.61 (0.53–0.71)

0.42 (0.37–0.47)

0.30 (0.26–0.34)

0.99 (0.88–1.11)

 Guinea

0.82 (0.72–0.94)

1.59 (1.43–1.77)

1.40 (1.22–1.59)

1.50 (1.20–1.87)

0.52 (0.43–0.63)

0.54 (0.46–0.62)

0.75 (0.61–0.92)

 Mali

1.06 (0.93–1.22)

1.91 (1.73–2.12)

0.86 (0.76–0.98)

0.73 (0.59–0.89)

0.52 (0.44–0.61)

0.42 (0.36–0.49)

1.12 (0.87–1.44)

 Nigeria

1.10 (1.02–1.18)

2.26 (2.13–2.39)

1.04 (0.96–1.14)

1.21 (1.09–1.36)

0.35 (0.32–0.38)

0.10 (0.09–0.11)

1.10 (1.04–1.25)

 Senegal

1.16 (1.01–1.34)

1.08 (0.98–1.18)

1.04 (0.91–1.91)

0.88 (0.73–1.05)

0.57 (0.50–0.65)

0.45 (0.38–0.52)

0.89 (0.77–1.04)

Middle Africa

 Angola

0.94 (0.84–1.06)

2.30 (2.10–2.51)

0.87 (0.76–0.99)

1.08 (0.88–1.32)

0.37 (0.33–0.41)

0.13 (0.11–0.15)

0.91 (0.78–1.06)

 Chad

0.89 (0.71–1.13)

2.23 (2.05–2.43)

0.88 (0.79–0.98)

0.88 (0.79–0.98)

0.38 (0.33–0.43)

0.18 (0.15–0.22)

1.44 (1.24–1.68)

Eastern Africa

 Burundi

1.10 (0.91–1.34)

3.83 (3.46–4.24)

0.82 (0.73–0.91)

0.81 (0.69–0.94)

0.42 (0.38–0.47)

0.20 (0.16–0.24)

0.92 (0.78–1.09)

 Ethiopia

1.10 (0.96–1.26)

1.86 (1.71–2.03)

0.97 (0.87–1.09)

0.91 (0.76–1.08)

0.19 (0.17–0.22)

0.09 (1.13–1.66)

0.09 (1.13–1.66)

 Tanzania

0.90 (0.81–0.99)

2.00 (1.81–2.21)

0.96 (0.85–1.08)

0.84 (0.70–1.00)

0.26 (0.23–0.29)

0.11 (0.09–0.13)

0.78 (0.67–0.92)

 Uganda

1.00 (0.91–1.12)

2.31 (2.11–2.51)

0.90 (0.80–1.01)

1.02 (0.88–1.18)

0.26 (0.24–0.29)

0.13 (0.12–0.15)

0.82 (0.69–0.96)

 Rwanda

1.10 (0.88–1.38)

2.88 (2.56–3.24)

0.99 (0.87–1.12)

1.20 (1.02–1.42)

0.24 (0.22–0.27)

0.12 (0.09–0.15)

0.72 (0.60–0.87)

Southern Africa

 Malawi

0.98 (0.88–1.09)

2.22 (2.08–2.38)

1.25 (1.15–1.36)

1.77 (1.59–1.97)

0.37 (0.34–0.40)

0.12 (0.11–0.14)

0.5 (0.48–0.61)

 South Africa

1.15 (1.02–1.31)

1.43 (1.27–1.61)

1.72 (1.47–2.02)

1.72 (1.47–2.02)

0.32 (0.28–0.38)

0.06 (0.05–0.07)

0.52 (0.43–0.64)

 Zambia

1.22 (1.08–1.28)

2.24 (2.03–2.47)

1.20 (1.05–1.37)

1.10 (0.90–1.36)

0.43 (0.37–0.49)

0.20 (0.17–0.23)

0.83 (0.71–0.96)

 Zimbabwe

1.06 (0.94–1.20)

1.70 (1.51–1.91)

1.47 (1.26–1.70)

2.22 (1.65–2.99)

0.30 (0.25–0.36)

0.05 (0.04–0.06)

0.40 (0.30–0.53)

  1. aReference category was “poor”
  2. bReference category-none
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