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Table 3 Association between displacement status and child health status and health behaviors in post-earthquake Haitia

From: The impact of internal displacement on child mortality in post-earthquake Haiti: a difference-in-differences analysis

 

Camp vs. Non-displaced

Camp vs. Non-camp IDP

Non-camp IDP vs. Non-displaced

Dependent variable

N

OR

95 CI

N

OR

95 CI

N

OR

95 CI

Child health status

 Stunting

1,910

1.06

0.41 to 2.72

1,077

1.44

0.85 to 2.45

2,503

1.40

0.99 to 1.98

 Anemia level

1,718

1.03

0.59 to 1.81

938

1.57*

1.07 to 2.30

2,248

0.94

0.76 to 1.17

Malaria

 Bed net use

4,083

3.23***

2.03 to 5.17

2,152

1.76***

1.29 to 2.42

5,051

1.39**

1.13 to 1.69

 Indoor spraying

4,072

22.53***

11.08 to 45.80

2,138

11.07***

4.64 to 26.42

5,036

1.27

0.82 to 1.97

Vaccinationb

 BCG vaccination

1,971

2.62*

1.18 to 5.81

1,157

0.90

0.56 to 1.43

2,534

1.56*

1.01 to 2.40

 Measles vaccination

2,472

2.33*

1.16 to 4.65

1,407

0.91

0.61 to 1.37

3,179

1,23

0.91 to 1.67

 DPT vaccination (3 shots)

2,478

1.43

0.77 to 2.65

1,406

0.86

0.56 to 1.32

3,184

0.96

0.71 to 1.30

Other conditions

 Hunger

4,084

0.58*

0.38 to 0.88

2,151

1.06

0.76 to 1.49

5,051

0.72***

0.59 to 0.87

 Cholera after Oct 2010

4,084

0.55

0.30 to 1.01

2,152

0.64*

0.42 to 0.97

5,052

0.98

0.78 to 1.24

  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05
  2. a All models are adjusted for region, location (rural/town/city), altitude, household size, sex, age and education level of the household head, wealth index, land ownership, whether housing was destroyed and family members killed by earthquake. Stunting refers to height-for-age < −2SD
  3. bMeasles vaccination refers to aged 1 year or older. DPT vaccination refers to fully vaccinated (3 shots) for children aged 1 year or older. BCG vaccination refers to children born after the earthquake (Jan 2010). Analyses are limited to subgroups of children in the sample. For BCG vaccination, analyses are performed to those born after the earthquake as the vaccine is recommended at birth. For measles and DPT vaccines, the analyses are performed for children at least one years of age. For recommended vaccination schedule, please see World Health Organization (2015) [23]
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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