Table 4 Crude odds ratio (OR) and confidence intervals (95% CI) obtained from bivariate logistic regression for 306 health sciences students of Haramaya University, 2011

OR(95% CI)

OR(95% CI)

OR(95% CI)

OR(95% CI)

Sex of the respondents

Male

0.8(0.5–1.4)

1.7(0.9–3.3)

1.0(0.6–1.7)

1.6(0.9–2.6)

Female

1

1

1

1

Do you know about climate change?

Yes

14.1(5.1–38.6)*

16.8(8.8–32.1)*

7.3(2.8–18.8)*

No

1

1

1

1

Study year:

First

0.9(0.4–2.3)

2.9(1.0–8.3)

0.9(0.3–2.1)

1.2(0.5–2.9)

Second

1.2(0.5–3.0)

1.8(0.7–4.8)

1.5(0.6–4.0)

1.2(0.5–3.0)

Third

0.8(0.3–2.2)

1.8(0.6–5.2)

0.6(0.2–1.6)

1.3(0.5–3.4)

Fourth

1

1

1

1

Source of information

Electronic mass media

-

2.9(1.2–2.2)*

1.5(0.5–4.2)

4.3(1.6–11.7)*

School

-

3.2(1.0–10.3)

7.3(0.8–62.1)

9.7(3.2–28.9)*

Friends or neighbors

5.1(0.6–44.0)

1.1(0.2–6.1)

2.6(0.6–11.3)

Newspaper

1

1

1

1