Determinants of better health: a cross-sectional assessment of positive deviants among women in West Bengal

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Logistic regression model for knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Independent variables	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	OR	CI 95%	P-value	OR	CI 95%	P-value
Age (ref: <25 years old)
25-34	1.51	0.91, 2.50	0.111	1.90	1.04, 3.46	0.037
35+	0.77	0.45, 1.30	0.324	1.00	0.53, 1.89	0.992
Highest grade completed (ref: no schooling)
1-3 grade	1.86	1.08, 3.21	0.025	1.50	0.81, 2.76	0.198
4-6 grade	3.93	2.52, 6.14	<0.001	2.55	1.50, 4.33	0.001
Food security (ref: food secure)	0.89	0.61, 1.31	0.564	0.88	0.56, 1.38	0.567
Religion^a (ref: Hindu)	0.57	0.39, 0.83	0.004	0.84	0.53, 1.33	0.466
Health knowledge^b (ref: 0 correct responses)
1 correct response	1.42	0.91, 2.22	0.120	1.18	0.70, 1.99	0.532
2 correct responses	3.69	2.01, 6.74	<0.001	2.66	1.29, 5.46	0.008
TV/Radio as source of health information^c (ref: family & friends only)	9.75	5.70, 16.67	<0.001	7.72	4.38, 13.60	<0.001

Model included 526 respondents; pseudo r² = 18.20%.
^a Religion: Hindu vs. Muslim.
^b Health Knowledge scale composed of 2 questions: “The time during the month when a female loses blood happens because____?” and “If a child has diarrhea, would you give him or her ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘the same’, or ‘nothing’, to drink?”.
^c Women were asked to identify sources of health information in addition to family and friends.

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