Factors Affecting the Presence of Adequately Iodized Salt at Home in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Study
Table 4
Sociodemographic and practices factors associated with the presence of adequately iodized salt at home in binary logistic regression, Wolaita Sodo town and its peripheries, Southern Ethiopia 2016.
Variables ()
Titration result of the salt
COR
value
≥15 ppm
<15 ppm
No (%)
No (%)
Place of residence
Urban
29 (17.5)
30 (11)
1.37 (1.02–1.83)
Rural
137 (82.5)
244 (89)
1
0.052
Educational status
No formal education
83 (50.0)
189 (69.0)
1
Formal education
83 (50.0)
85 (31.0)
2.22 (1.49–3.31)
<0.001
Family size
≤5
100 (60.2)
158 (57.7)
1
>5
66 (39.8)
116 (42.3)
1.07 (0.84–1.38)
0.59
Religion of respondents
Protestant
103 (62.0)
160 (58.4)
1
Orthodox
54 (32.5)
94 (34.3)
1.43 (0.63–3.26)
0.64
Others
9 (5.4)
20 (7.3)
1.28 (0.54–3.00)
Occupation
Housewife
120 (72.3)
199 (72.6)
0.72 (0.30–1.72)
Employed
36 (21.7)
63 (23.0)
0.69 (0.27–1.74)
Unemployed
10 (6.0)
12 (4.4)
1
0.72
Age of respondents
<25 years
25 (15.1)
59 (21.5)
0.61 (0.23–1.61)
25–34 years
94 (56.6)
140 (51.1)
0.97 (0.41–2.36)
35–44 years
38 (22.9)
62 (22.6)
0.88 (0.34–2.27)
0.39
≥45 years
9 (5.4)
13 (4.7)
1
Income of the respondents
≤600 ETB
72 (43.8)
179 (65.3)
1
601 = 1200 ETB
52 (31.3)
74 (27.0)
1.75 (1.12–2.73)
≥1201 ETB
42 (25.3)
21 (7.7)
4.97 (2.75–8.98)
<0.001
Type of salt bought
Packaged
20 (41)
29 (59)
0.86 (0.47–1.58)
0.63
Bulk
146 (37)
245 (63)
1.00
Types of salt storage used
Storage with cover/salt bag
149 (39)
237 (61)
0.73 (0.4–1.34)
0.31
Storage without cover
17 (31)
37 (68.5)
1.00
Exposed salt to sun light
Yes
19 (17)
95 (83)
1.00
<0.001
No
147 (45)
179 (55)
2.7 (1.76–4.15)
How often do you buy salt
Once in a month
33 (36)
58 (64)
Once in a week
133 (38)
216 (62)
1.08 (0.67–1.75)
0.75
Place of salt storage
Dry place
141 (85)
241 (88)
1.3 (0.74–2.27)
0.36
Moisture/fire area
25 (15)
33 (12)
1.00
ppm: parts per million, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, and ETB: Ethiopian Birr.
