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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between household characteristics and knowledge of and interaction with health extension workers for PDS households (N = 2,493)

From: Knowledge of and access to frontline workers among poor, rural households in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study

 

Knows HEW

Any contact with HEW (past 3 months)

Ever visited by HEW

Visited by HEW (past 3 months)

Contact with HEW outside home

Visited HP

Visited HP (past 3 months)

Received health advice at HP

Knows HDA

Had contact with HDA

Household size

1.15

1.12

1.05

1.14

1.09

1.08

1.05

1.17

1.07

1.04

 

[1.07—1.24]**

[1.03—1.23]*

[0.98—1.13]

[1.05—1.24]**

[0.99—1.21]

[1.01—1.16]*

[0.95—1.16]

[1.03—1.32]*

[0.98—1.15]

[0.84—1.27]

Children under 5 in the household

1.97

1.24

1.07

1.06

1.23

1.63

2.08

4.26

1.12

1.05

 

[1.33—2.92]**

[0.86—1.78]

[0.68—1.68]

[0.69—1.64]

[0.88—1.71]

[1.20—2.20] **

[1.35—3.21] **

[1.71—10.62]**

[0.71—1.75]

[0.54—2.02]

Covered by CBHI

1.71

0.95

1.05

0.90

0.95

1.48

1.88

1.40

1.31

1.19

 

[1.40—2.09]**

[0.74—1.22]

[0.77—1.44]

[0.67—1.21]

[0.66—1.39]

[1.22—1.79] **

[1.27—2.77] **

[0.67—2.94]

[0.90—1.89]

[0.53—2.65]

Head is female

1.25

1.20

0.97

1.27

1.10

0.93

0.65

0.82

1.10

0.64

 

[0.97—1.62]

[0.85—1.70]

[0.72—1.30]

[0.89—1.82]

[0.71—1.71]

[0.73—1.19]

[0.45—0.94]*

[0.41—1.66]

[0.71—1.69]

[0.35—1.16]

Any distress asset sale (DAS)

1.40

0.87

1.04

0.99

1.09

1.57

1.36

0.88

2.16

1.20

 

[1.05—1.87]*

[0.58—1.30]

[0.73—1.50]

[0.63—1.55]

[0.66—1.79]

[1.14—2.15]**

[0.87—2.12]

[0.35—2.17]

[1.42—3.29]**

[0.54—2.67]

Asset index

1.31

1.17

0.95

1.06

1.11

1.13

1.19

1.11

1.28

1.05

 

[1.19—1.44]**

[1.08—1.26]**

[0.87—1.04]

[0.98—1.15]

[1.02—1.21]*

[1.05—1.22]**

[1.12—1.28]**

[0.99—1.24]

[1.16—1.42]**

[0.88—1.26]

Has any education

0.97

1.44

1.32

1.64

2.39

0.96

1.65

2.29

1.67

2.22

 

[0.61—1.53]

[0.90—2.31]

[0.82—2.11]

[0.94—2.85]

[1.42—4.04] **

[0.63—1.48]

[0.95—2.88]

[1.01—5.22]*

[1.02—2.74]*

[0.84—5.88]

Respondent is female

1.52

0.82

1.31

0.69

2.09

1.44

1.53

 

1.19

14.23

 

[0.93—2.50]

[0.35—1.88]

[0.61—2.84]

[0.31—1.53]

[0.80—5.42]

[0.89—2.34]

[0.60—3.91]

 

[0.55—2.58]

[0.80—254.52]

Age of Respondent

0.99

1.00

1.00

1.01

1.00

1.00

0.99

0.97

1.00

1.01

 

[0.98—1.00]**

[0.99—1.01]

[0.99—1.01]

[1.00—1.02]

[0.99—1.01]

[0.99—1.00]

[0.97—1.00]*

[0.94—1.00]*

[0.99—1.01]

[0.99—1.03]

# of children aged 24—35 months

1.75

0.57

0.75

0.61

0.78

1.08

0.61

0.64

1.06

0.36

District (ref: Libo Kemkem)

[1.03—3.00]*

[0.39—0.85]**

[0.47—1.22]

[0.35—1.07]

[0.45—1.37]

[0.72—1.62]

[0.31—1.20]

[0.28—1.46]

[0.54—2.05]

[0.10—1.33]

Ebinat

0.95

0.65

0.84

0.52

0.72

0.92

0.49

1.45

0.32

2.82

 

[0.62—1.46]

[0.40—1.06]

[0.59—1.19]

[0.32—0.85]**

[0.42—1.25]

[0.62—1.36]

[0.30—0.80]**

[0.64—3.31]

[0.14—0.72]**

[0.87—9.17]

Dewa Chefa

0.66

0.54

0.82

0.59

0.37

0.84

0.58

0.70

2.05

1.04

 

[0.40—1.07]

[0.33—0.88]*

[0.55—1.21]

[0.34—1.03]

[0.22—0.63]**

[0.55—1.30]

[0.32—1.03]

[0.25—1.96]

[1.04—4.03]*

[0.37—2.92]

Artuma Fursi

0.57

0.59

1.18

0.93

0.18

0.66

0.26

0.56

1.14

1.20

 

[0.34—0.96]*

[0.36—0.98]*

[0.79—1.77]

[0.55—1.60]

[0.10—0.32]**

[0.42—1.05]

[0.14—0.49]**

[0.22—1.45]

[0.50—2.57]

[0.45—3.19]

N

2,493

1,136

1,136

1,134

1,136

2,493

2,493

2,342

2,493

224

  1. HDA Health Development Agent, HP Health Post, HEW Health Extension Worker, PDS Permanent Direct Support