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Table 5 Association between the respondents and the household’s characteristics and “Palu” prevention by the HM or PM, Cotonou, 2016

From: Between traditional remedies and pharmaceutical drugs: prevention and treatment of “Palu” in households in Benin, West Africa

Variables

No

Yes

OR brut

IC95%

p

n

%

n

%

Respondent information

Age group (years)

       

0.0615

   < 25

42

14.89

22

10.05

1

   

  (25–35)

94

33.33

63

28.77

1.32

0.71

2.44

0.4259

  (35–45)

66

23.4

57

26.03

1.69

0.89

3.19

0.1174

  (45–55)

33

11.7

39

17.81

2.31

1.14

4.68

0.0215

  (55–65)

31

10.99

17

7.76

1.17

0.53

2.60

0.9089

   > = 65

16

5.67

21

9.59

2.80

1.20

6.52

0.0301

Sex

  Male

98

34.75

72

32.88

1

   

  Female

184

65.25

147

67.12

1.09

0.74

1.59

0.6602

School level

       

0.0465

  None

48

17.14

58

26.48

1

   

  Primary

75

26.79

58

26.48

0.64

0.38

1.07

0.0885

  Secondary

97

34.64

66

30.14

0.56

0.34

0.92

0.0227

  University

60

21.43

37

16.89

0.51

0.29

0.89

0.0187

Religion

       

0.5703

  Catholic

138

49.46

120

54.79

1

   

  Other Christians

80

28.67

60

27.4

0.86

0.57

1.30

0.4844

  Muslims

44

15.77

30

13.7

0.78

0.46

1.33

0.3635

  Others

17

6.09

9

4.11

0.60

0.26

1.42

0.2493

Place of birth

        

  Cotonou

124

44.13

100

46.95

1

   

  Other

157

55.87

113

53.05

0.9

0.62

1.28

0.5330

Household information

Type of the households

  Monoparental

227

80.5

151

68.95

1

   

  Biparental

55

19.5

68

31.05

1.89

1.23

2.80

0.0031

Health insurance

  No

243

87.41

192

89.30

1

   

  Yes

35

12.59

23

10.70

0.83

0.48

1.46

0.5183

“Tontine” group

  No

171

62.87

129

60.28

1

   

  Yes

101

37.13

85

39.72

1.12

0.77

1.61

0.5602

Wealth index

       

< 0.0001

  Very poor

3

1.65

24

27.7

1

   

  Poor

36

19.78

107

29.58

0.37

0.11

1.30

0.1230

  Intermediate

73

40.11

143

30.99

0.24

0.07

0.84

0.0253

  Rich

55

30.22

51

11.74

0.12

0.03

0.41

0.0008

  Very rich

15

8.24

5

1.52

0.04

0.01

0.20

< 0.0001