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Table 5 Adjusted association between demographic and health-related variables and Individual scales of enacted stigma

From: An assessment of Ebola-related stigma and its association with informal healthcare utilisation among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

  

Verbal abuse

Healthcare neglect

Fear of contagion

Social Isolation

Characteristics

Variables

AOR

95% CI

p-value

AOR

95% CI

p-value

AOR

95% CI

p-value

AOR

95% CI

p-value

Sex

Female

   

1

        

Male

   

1.53

0.93–2.51

0.094

      

Religion

Islam

1

     

1

  

1

  
 

Christianity

1.95

0.98–3.88

0.056

   

1.62

0.94–2.80

0.081

1.72

0.92–3.19

0.088

Monthly Income(Leones)

>1million

1

           

< 500,00

0.35

0.04–2.93

0.330

         

500,00-1million

0.16

0.02–1.43

0.101

         

Region

Western Area

1

  

1

  

1

  

1

  

North region

0.37

0.20–0.69

0.002

2.03

1.13–3.64

0.018

0.73

0.43–1.23

0.231

1.15

0.65–2.05

0.626

Southern region

1.19

0.49–2.86

0.701

1.43

0.69–2.96

0.332

3.11

1.41–6.83

0.005

1.75

0.78–3.93

0.174

Eastern region

1.61

0.65–4.01

0.302

0.81

0.43–1.53

0.506

2.44

1.19–5.03

0.015

3.06

1.34–7.02

0.008

Residence

Rural

1

     

1

     

Urban

2.7

1.57–4.66

< 0.001

   

1.50

0.94–2.40

0.090

   

Perceived health status

Very good/good

      

1

     

Fair/poor

      

1.64

0.98–2.74

0.060

   

Employment status

Employed

         

1

  

Unemployed

         

2.13

1.26–3.61

0.005