Table 7

Results of logistic regression for hospitalisation of fever, diarrhoea and tuberculosis in India 2014

CovariatesOR, significance level and CI
FeverDiarrhoeaTuberculosis
Age group (years)
 <11.65*** (1.30 to 2.09)3.81*** (2.76 to 5.26)
  1–42.44*** (2.13 to 2.81)4.62*** (3.71 to 5.76)0.23*** (0.13 to 0.40)
  5–92.53*** (2.18 to 2.93)2.27*** (1.78 to 2.89)0.33*** (0.18 to 0.59)
  10–192.03*** (1.81 to 2.28)1.30** (1.04 to 1.62)0.73 (0.51 to 1.07)
 20–291.38*** (1.23 to 1.55)1.02 (0.81 to 1.28)1.29 (0.92 to 1.79)
 30–39†
 40–490.69*** (0.62 to 0.78)0.77** (0.62 to 0.97)1.17 (0.86 to1.60)
 50–590.54*** (0.49 to 0.61)0.76** (0.60 to 0.95)0.76 (0.54 to 1.06)
 60–690.34*** (0.29 to 0.38)0.88 (0.69 to 1.11)0.86 (0.61 to 1.21)
 70–790.27*** (0.23 to 0.33)0.70** (0.52 to 0.94)0.53*** (0.33 to 0.85)
 80+0.26*** (0.20 to 0.33)0.62** (0.40 to 0.95)1.18 (0.72 to 1.92)
Sex
 Male†
 Female1.45*** (1.36 to 1.54)1.33*** (1.20 to 1.47)0.65*** (0.54 to 0.79)
Place of residence
 Rural†
 Urban0.93** (0.87 to 0.99)1.13** (1.01 to 1.25)0.64*** (0.53 to 0.78)
Education level
 No education†
 Primary1.08* (0.99 to 1.18)0.94 (0.81 to 1.10)0.69*** (0.54 to 0.87)
 Secondary0.94 (0.85 to 1.03)0.90 (0.76 to 1.08)0.60*** (0.46 to 0.78)
 Higher secondary0.87** (0.78 to 0.98)0.80 (0.64 to 1.00)0.48*** (0.34 to 0.68)
MPCE
 Poorest†
 Poorer1.07 (0.97 to 1.17)0.96 (0.83 to 1.11)0.59*** (0.45 to 0.76)
 Middle1.16*** (1.06 to 1.27)0.81*** (0.70 to 0.94)0.58*** (0.45 to 0.75)
 Richer1.08 (0.98 to 1.19)0.66*** (0.56 to 0.77)0.65*** (0.50 to 0.84)
 Richest1.03*** (0.92 to 1.14)0.55*** (0.46 to 0.66)0.52*** (0.37 to 0.71)
  • †Represents reference category, P value: ***<0.01, **<0.05 and *<0.1.

  • MPCE, monthly per capita consumption expenditure.