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Table 4 Bivariate and Multivariable Logistic Regression results on factors associated with small scale water treatment practice and associated factor at house hold level at Burie zuria woreda rural HHs, west Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 797)

From: Small scale water treatment practice and associated factors at Burie Zuria Woreda Rural Households, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015: cross sectional study

Variable

Category

Water treatment status

COR (95 % CI)

AOR (95 % CI)

P-value

Yes

No

Sex

Male

289

308

1

1

 

Female

68

132

1.82(1.30–2.54)

1.80(1.24–2.62)

0.002

Educational status of a respondent

Illiterate

219

191

1

1

 

Literate

138

249

2.06(1.55–2.75)

2.07(1.51–2.83)

.000

Occupational status of a respondent

Farmer

342

395

1

1

 

Daily laborer

6

25

3.60(1.46–8.89)

2.06(0.72–5.58)

0.183

Merchant

9

20

1.92(0.86–4.28)

1.25(0.49–3.15)

0.630

The way of fetching the water

Pouring

158

83

1

1

 

Dipping

199

357

3.41(2.48–4.69)

4.11(2.89–5.85)

.000

Timing for fetching the water

Once a day

84

67

1

1

 

Twice a day

215

180

1.05(0.72–1.53)

1.17 (0.78–1.74)

0.438

Three times a day

37

144

4.87(3.00–7.91)

4.90 (2.92–8.22)

0.000

Four times a day

21

49

2.92(1.60–5.35)

3.76 (1.97–7.18)

.000