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Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between household characteristics and knowledge of and interaction with health extension workers for PW households (N = 2,495)

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

1.00

0.91

0.99

0.96

0.98

0.98

0.94

0.95

0.90

1.03

 

[0.94—1.06]

[0.85—0.97]**

[0.92—1.06]

[0.90—1.04]

[0.90—1.06]

[0.92—1.05]

[0.88—1.01]

[0.85—1.06]

[0.82—0.99]*

[0.88—1.20]

Children under 5 in the household

1.86

1.36

1.16

0.98

1.18

2.14

3.40

4.25

1.54

0.54

 

[1.52—2.27]**

[1.05—1.76]*

[0.85—1.59]

[0.68—1.42]

[0.86—1.63]

[1.75—2.61]**

[2.37—4.88]**

[2.62—6.87]**

[1.03—2.30]*

[0.26—1.10]

Covered by CBHI

2.28

1.27

1.34

1.31

1.17

1.70

1.69

1.04

1.32

1.16

 

[1.82—2.85]**

[0.91—1.75]

[0.99—1.80]

[0.90—1.91]

[0.84—1.65]

[1.35—2.15]**

[1.20—2.40]**

[0.62—1.73]

[0.96—1.82]

[0.56—2.40]

Head is female

1.36

0.86

1.06

1.09

1.03

1.02

1.00

0.83

1.32

1.56

 

[1.05—1.76]*

[0.65—1.13]

[0.80—1.40]

[0.79—1.51]

[0.73—1.45]

[0.82—1.27]

[0.73—1.37]

[0.50—1.36]

[0.91—1.92]

[0.85—2.86]

Any distress asset sale (DAS)

1.42

0.70

0.93

0.96

0.63

1.59

1.05

1.00

1.72

1.53

 

[1.10—1.84]**

[0.53—0.94]*

[0.69—1.26]

[0.70—1.32]

[0.45—0.87]**

[1.25—2.03]**

[0.71—1.55]

[0.58—1.72]

[1.24—2.40]**

[0.88—2.66]

Asset index

1.26

1.19

1.07

1.13

1.14

1.11

1.25

1.33

1.26

1.12

 

[1.15—1.37]**

[1.10—1.30]**

[0.99—1.16]

[1.04—1.23]**

[1.06—1.22]**

[1.05—1.18]**

[1.15—1.35]**

[1.20—1.47]**

[1.17—1.35]**

[0.94—1.33]

Has any education

1.23

1.36

1.76

1.54

1.67

1.69

2.04

1.69

1.51

1.53

 

[0.87—1.73]

[0.91—2.02]

[1.20—2.57]**

[0.99—2.39]

[1.09—2.55]*

[1.19—2.41]**

[1.37—3.05]**

[0.97—2.94]

[1.01—2.25]*

[0.71—3.29]

Respondent is female

1.75

1.01

1.84

5.16

1.06

2.32

4.30

 

1.29

 
 

[1.01—3.04]*

[0.38—2.71]

[0.62—5.44]

[0.63—42.42]

[0.35—3.19]

[1.17—4.60]*

[0.50—36.97]

 

[0.43—3.90]

 

Age of Respondent

0.98

0.99

1.00

1.00

0.98

1.00

0.99

0.96

0.99

0.99

 

[0.98—0.99]**

[0.98—1.00]

[0.99—1.01]

[0.99—1.01]

[0.97—1.00]*

[0.99—1.01]

[0.97—1.00]

[0.94—0.99]**

[0.97—1.00]

[0.96—1.01]

# of children aged 24—35 months

1.29

1.16

1.08

0.87

1.17

1.05

0.94

0.78

0.84

2.27

District (ref: Libo Kemkem)

[0.90—1.85]

[0.82—1.63]

[0.81—1.45]

[0.55—1.38]

[0.78—1.73]

[0.78—1.42]

[0.64—1.38]

[0.47—1.30]

[0.51—1.40]

[0.94—5.45]

Ebinat

0.94

0.71

1.09

0.81

1.06

1.05

0.91

1.74

0.45

1.39

 

[0.48—1.82]

[0.45—1.13]

[0.75—1.60]

[0.48—1.35]

[0.64—1.76]

[0.62—1.78]

[0.55—1.52]

[0.85—3.55]

[0.23—0.91]*

[0.46—4.17]

Dewa Chefa

0.66

0.49

0.76

0.82

0.42

0.63

0.52

0.69

1.96

0.43

 

[0.33—1.33]

[0.32—0.75]**

[0.54—1.07]

[0.52—1.31]

[0.26—0.69]**

[0.37—1.07]

[0.29—0.93]*

[0.35—1.37]

[1.17—3.30]*

[0.18—0.98]*

Artuma Fursi

0.59

0.64

0.94

1.11

0.28

0.48

0.36

0.65

1.00

0.76

 

[0.30—1.17]

[0.44—0.94]*

[0.60—1.49]

[0.68—1.82]

[0.17—0.46]**

[0.29—0.78]**

[0.20—0.65]**

[0.31—1.35]

[0.52—1.94]

[0.38—1.52]

N

2,495

1,554

1,554

1,554

1,554

2,495

2,495

2,431

2,495

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  1. HDA Health Development Agent, HP Health Post, HEW Health Extension Worker, PW Public Works