A comparative analysis of disability measures in Cameroonian surveys

Table 3 Odds ratio from logistic regression of disability on sociodemographic characteristics for the Yaoundé region (15–49 age group)

	3RGPH		ECAM3		DHS-MICS		DHS-MICS Severe disability		HandiVIH		HandiVIH Severe disability
	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
Age group [15–24]
25–34	1.4***	[1.2, 1.7]	1.7*	[0.9, 2.9]	1.1	[0.5, 2.1]	8.8**	[1.2, 62.1]	1.5***	[1.3, 1.8]	1.3	[0.9, 2.0]
35–49	2.0***	[1.7, 2.3]	2.8***	[1.5, 5.4]	1.4	[0.6, 3.0]	3.4	[0.2, 48.5]	3.1***	[2.7, 3.6]	3.6***	[2.3, 5.5]
Education
[None]
Primary or more	0.5***	[0.4, 0.6]	0.6*	[0.3, 1.1]	0.3***	[0.2, 0.7]	0.1***	[0.0, 0.3]	0.3***	[0.2, 0.3]	0.1***	[0.1, 0.1]
SES
[Poorest]
Middle	0.9*	[0.7, 1.0]	0.5*	[0.3, 1.0]	0.5*	[0.3, 1.0]	0.4	[0.1, 2.3]	0.8***	[0.7, 0.9]	0.8	[0.6, 1.2]
Richest	0.9	[0.8, 1.1]	0.7	[0.4, 1.2]	0.5*	[0.3, 1.1]	0.2	[0.0, 1.9]	0.8**	[0.7, 1.0]	0.8	[0.5, 1.4]
Male	1.2**	[1.0, 1.3]	2.1**	[1.1, 4.2]	1.1	[0.6, 1.8]	3.7	[0.6, 21.3]	0.9	[0.8, 1.1]	1.9***	[1.4, 2.7]
In union	0.7***	[0.6, 0.8]	0.6*	[0.3, 1.0]	0.8	[0.4, 1.5]	0.1**	[0.0, 0.7]	0.4***	[0.4, 0.5]	0.2***	[0.1, 0.3]
Observations	105852	[0.6, 0.8]	2425	[0.3, 1.0]	1423	[0.4, 1.5]	1423	[0.0, 0.7]	48900	[0.4, 0.5]	48900	[0.1, 0.3]

Significance levels: *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. Variables in parentheses are reference categories
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

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