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Table 3 Final logistic regression models

From: Industrial air pollution in rural Kenya: community awareness, risk perception and associations between risk variables

 

Believes PPM has exposed him/her to hazardous chemicals

Felt he/she was coughing, breathless or wheezing due to something in the air

Believes the industry will affect children born in the future in the community

Believes the industry will expose him/her to hazards if it opens in the future

Worries about getting health problems in the future because of a polluted environment

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Demographic

Distance from PPM

2.747*

1.199-6.295

1.039‡

0.560-1927

1.132‡

0.502-2.554

    

Presence of a child in the HH

34.769*

1.390-869.96

        

Respondent completed HS

3.105*

1.394-6.918

      

2.553*

1.086-6.004

Employment Status

    

0.434‡

0.188-1.004

0.383*

0.167-0.879

0.365*

0.150-0.886

HH health Indicators

Perception of health

0.527‡

0.239-1.162

0.479*

0.261-0.878

0.299*

0.135-0.660

0.237**

0.108-0.517

0.332*

0.149-0.738

Somebody in the HH has one of the conditions (heart, respiratory or skin disease)

1.788‡

0.755-4.237

1.980*

1.031-3.802

2.192‡

0.963-4.990

  

2.594*

1.096-6.143

Respiratory symptoms

Coughed phlegm daily for ≥ 2 months, 2 yrs in a row

  

2.907*

1.127-7.498

      

Had an attack of whistling or noisy sound in the chest when breathing

  

2.881*

1.402-5.920

      

Role of Industrial plant

Family depended on industry

    

2.287*

1.001-5.228

2.792*

1.234-6.319

  

Community benefited from industry

        

2.289*

0.997-5.257

Environmental awareness/knowledge

Ever actively looked for environmental health information

  

1.883*

1.002-3.537

      

Willing to participate in environmental campaigns

  

2.297‡

0.713-7.396

2.985*

1.031-8.645

  

3.127*

1.100-8.888

Main Information source

Friends/relatives

2.553*

1.198-5.438

  

0.411*

0.180-0.937

0.451*

0.207-0.981

  

Church/Community leaders

    

3.148*

1.303-7.602

2.368*

1.090-5.147

2.447*

1.089-5.499

Omnibus Tests of Model Coefficients

Model (Sig.)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Correctly predicted observations on average

 

85.6%

79.7%

84.6%

86%

84.4%

  1. ‡p > 0.05; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; HH - Household: HS - High school.
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