Table 4 Factors associated with personal protective equipment utilization among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

Variable

Yes

No

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Age

≤ 30

73

109

2.01 (0.76,5.30)

0.90 (0.24,3.39)

> 30

6

18

1

1

Level of education

Illiterate

18

44

1.73 (0.75,3.96)

2.37 (0.8,7.02)

Primary

20

34

1.20 (0.52,2.76)

1.65 (0.56,4.87)

Secondary

24

25

0.74 (0.32,1.70)

1.01 (0.34,2.97)

> College

17

24

1

1

Term of employment

Fixed contract

18

41

0.62 (0.33,1.18)

0.72 (0.30,1.68)

Daily

61

86

1

1

Year of experience

<  1

45

78

1

1

1–5

24

39

0.40 (0.04,3.85)

0.55 (0.42,7.02)

6–10

9

6

0.17 (0.01,1.88)

0.25 (0.02,3.93)

>  10

1

4

0.43 (0.05,4.00)

0.47 (0.38,5.64)

Safety training

Yes

36

29

2.83 (1.54,5.19)***

2.30 (1.08,5.06)^*

No

43

98

1

1

PPE use training

yes

48

27

5.73 (3.08,10.66)***

4.80 (2.26,10.27)^***

No

31

100

1

1

Perceives Any Injury

Yes

75

111

1

1

No

4

16

0.37 (0.12,1.15)

0.87 (0.20,3.64)

Suffer Injury

Yes

70

100

1

1

No

9

27

0.47 (0.21,1.07)

0.77 (0.26,2.26)

Knows any PPE

Yes

74

100

1

1

No

5

27

0.25 (0.92,0.68)**

0.48 (0.13,1.67)

Orientated about PPE

Yes

44

29

4.25 (2.31,7.79)***

4.00 (1.92,8.98)^***

No

35

98

1

1

Presence of supervision

Yes

27

9

6.80 (2.99,15.49)^***

5.00 (1.93,13.10)^***

No

52

118

1

1