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Table 4 Linear regressions for health knowledge score (adjusted for clustering in villages)

From: Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey

 

number*

Univariable models

Multivariable model

variable (unit)

 

change in score**

95% CI

change in score**

95% CI

woman vs man

-

-0.97

-1.29

-0.66

0.09

-0.37

0.56

age (year)

-

0.03

0.01

0.05

0.03

0.008

0.05

education primary vs none

       

primary vs none

201

1.69

1.28

2.11

1.66

1.17

2.14

secondary vs none

34

2.83

2.09

3.57

2.90

2.07

3.73

higher vs none

10

4.78

3.87

5.69

4.91

3.89

5.93

koranic vs none

117

0.60

0.07

1.13

0.53

-0.15

1.21

crowdedness (person/room)

-

-0.16

-0.38

0.06

-

-

-

ethnicity

       

beafada vs balanta

196

-0.11

-1.30

1.08

0.05

-1.06

1.17

fula vs balanta

265

-0.24

-1.39

0.92

-0.24

-1.31

0.82

nalu vs balanta

66

0.20

-1.08

1.48

-0.13

-1.28

1.01

mandinka vs balanta

24

-0.88

-2.78

1.03

-0.70

-2.29

0.89

susu vs balanta

14

-0.69

-3.18

1.81

-0.79

-2.38

0.81

other vs balanta

25

-0.45

-1.79

0.88

-0.81

-2.07

0.45

  1. * number of the 620 respondents in the given category
  2. ** change in the average health knowledge score for a unit increase in the continuous variables or being in a category versus the baseline category for categorical variables.
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