Table 1 Description of variables entered into multivariate models.
Variable name | Questionnaire/study design definition | Categories |
|---|---|---|
Independent measures | ||
AMR risk models | ||
Adult_child | Participant is a child or an adult | 0-Child 1-Adult |
Rural_urban | Sample is from rural or urban community | 0-Rural 1-Urban |
Diarrhea | A binary variable indicating whether the household reported diarrhea in the past 14 days (phase 1) and/or diarrhea between study periods (phase 2) | 0 = No 1 = Yes |
Boiled milk | Whether the household boiled milk before consuming | 0 = No 1 = Yes |
Scaled variable | Scale range | |
|---|---|---|
Antibiotic use scale | Created by summing three question categories 1) ever used antibiotics; 2) antibiotics used in last 14 days (phase 1); 3) antibiotics used between study phases. A smaller number of individuals answered yes to all study questions, so the scale was collapsed into three categories (0, 1, 2) with Level (0) = No to all three questions Level (1) = Yes to one of the three questions Level (2) = Yes to two or more of the questions | Scale 0–2 |
Household hygiene scale | A linear scale indicating increasing levels of household sanitation including whether feces were present on floor (reverse-coded), whether the floor was dirt (reverse-coded), whether the household had a clothes washer, an improved toilet, a private toilet, whether river water was used in household (reverse coded), ownership of animals (reverse coded), whether protozoa were detected in fecal samples (reverse-coded) and whether trash was disposed in an appropriate location | Scale 1–9 |
