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Table 3 Association of demographic variable with the knowledge of participants towards Polio

From: Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards polio immunization among residents of two highly affected regions of Pakistan

Variables

Knowledge (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Poor

Good

Age (years)

 18–30

36.7

63.3

Ref

 

 31–40

68

32

0.56 (0.34–0.93)

0.027

 41–50

77

77

0.37 (0.20–0.66)

0.001

 51–60

87.4

12.6

0.11 (0.05–0.23)

<0.001

 >60

88.2

11.8

0.08 (0.03–0.22)

<0.001

Gender

 Female

61.4

38.6

Ref

 

 Male

61.1

38.9

1.26 (0.82–1.94)

0.27

Qualification

 Nil

68.7

31.3

Ref

 

 Primary

63.2

36.8

1.27 (0.77–2.10)

0.340

 Secondary

60.1

39.9

1.45 (0.93–2.25)

0.094

 Religious

59.5

40.5

1.49 (0.92–2.40)

0.098

 Tertiary

54.3

45.7

1.84 (1.12–3.01)

0.015

Employment

 Unemployed

68.2

31.8

Ref

 

 Paid-employed

52.5

47.5

2.11 (1.19–3.76)

0.011

 Self-employed

62.3

37.7

0.95 (0.57–1.59)

0.856

Income (Pakistani rupees)

 <10000

70.4

29.6

Ref

 

 10000–40000

53.7

46.3

2.12 (1.343.33)

0.001

 >40000

49.3

50.7

2.26 (1.09–4.67)

0.028

Residential Status

 Urban

55.4

31.2

Ref

 

 Rural

68.8

44.6

0.51 (0.33–0.78)

0.002

Marital status

 Single

26.3

73.7

Ref

 

 Married

33.9

66.1

1.09 (0.4–1.18)

0.658

Participants having children less than 5 years of age

 No

63

37

Ref

 

 Yes

59.7

40.3

2.13 (1.37–3.30)

<0.001

Past experience with polio patients

 No

68.6

31.4

Ref

 

 Yes

51.9

48.1

2.20 (1.35–3.57)

<0.001

Residence

 Quetta

42.8

35.2

Ref

 

 Peshawar

57.2

64.8

0.29 (0.15–5.61)

<0.001

  1. Note: Overall predictive accuracy of the model is 74.7 %
  2. Omnibus tests of model coefficients: Chi-square value = 253.795, p<0.001
  3. -2 Log Likelihood=772.030, Nagelkerke R square=0.382