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Table 7 Association of respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics with respondents’ overall knowledge of TB in Shinile town, Somali regional state, eastern Ethiopia from January to May, 2013

From: Community knowledge, attitude, and practices towards tuberculosis in Shinile town, Somali regional state, eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Number (%) having high overall TB knowledge

Crude OR (95%, CI)

Adjusted OR (95%, CI)

Gender

Male

118 (57.3)

Reference

Reference

Female

105 (51.5)

0.79 (0.53-1.2)

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

Age (years)

18-29

146 (65.2)

Reference

Reference

30-44

38 (38.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.5)

0.5 (0.3-0.8)

45-59

15 (35.7)

0.3 (0.2-0.6)

0.5 (0.2-1.1)

60+

24 (53.3)

0.6 (0.3-1.2)

1.2 (0.5-2.6)

Occupation

Employed

63 (46.7)

Reference

Reference

Unemployed

48 (40.5)

1.0 (0.6-1.6)

1.0 (0.8-1.7)

Student

109 (66.9)

2.3 (1.4-3.7)

1.9 (0.9-3.9)

Educational status

Illiterate

43 (37.1)

Reference

Reference

< than grade8

20 (43.3)

1.3 (0.7-2.6)

1.2 (0.6-2.6)

Grade8-grade12

84 (65.1)

3.2 (1.9-5.3)

2.3 (1.2-4.6)

Higher education

76 (63.9)

3.0 (1.8-5.1)

2.0 (1.0-4.0)

Family income

No defined income

65 (48.2)

Reference

Reference

Irregular income

116 (53.5)

1.2 (0.8 - 1.9)

2.2 (1.3-3.7)

Regular income

42 (72.4)

2.8 (1.5 - 5.5)

3.9 (1.7-9.1)