Table 5 Factors associated with prejudice towards a patient with tuberculosis (n = 708), southwest Ethiopia
| Variables | Prejudice towards TB patient |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | |||
| Sex, no (%) | ||||
| Male | 156(51.5) | 147(48.5) | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 243(60.0) | 162(40.0) | 1.4(1.0,1.9)* | 1.3(1.0, 1.9)* |
| Literacy status, no (%) | ||||
| Literate | 146(51.0) | 140(49.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Non-literate | 253(60.0) | 169(40.0) | 1.4(1.0,1.9)* | 1.4 (1.1, 2.0)* |
| Age in years, no (%) | * | |||
| 15-24 | 120(59.1) | 83(40.9) | 0.8(0.5,1.3) | |
| 25-30 | 133(55.9) | 105(44.1) | 0.7(0.4,1.1)) | |
| 35-44 | 73(47.4)) | 81(52.6) | 0.5(0.3,0.8)* | |
| >=45 | 73(64.6) | 40(35.4)) | 1 | |
| Residence, no (%) | * | |||
| Urban | 108(50.9)) | 104(49.1) | 1 | |
| Rural | 291(58.7) | 205(41.3) | 1.4(0.9,1.8) | |