Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Binary logistic regression model of association between solid waste disposal methods and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of residents ().

Characteristics	Good disposal practice (%)	Unadjusted		Adjusted
		OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age
15–39	305 (47.6%)	0.56 (0.34–0.93)	0.03	0.46 (0.20–1.07)	0.07
40–59	162 (42.9%)	0.68 (0.40–1.15)	0.15	0.65 (0.32–1.33)	0.24
≥60	25 (33.8%)	Reference		Reference
Sex
Female	295 (39.8%)	1.94 (1.50–2.51)	0.00	2.50 (1.46–4.28)	0.00
Male	197 (56.1%)	Reference		Reference
Marital status
Single	96 (45.7%)	0.69 (0.41–1.16)	0.16	0.63 (0.27–1.46)	0.28
Married	330 (44.5%)	0.73 (0.46–1.15)	0.17	0.77 (0.36–1.65)	0.50
Divorced	34 (63.0%)	0.34 (0.17–0.69)	0.00	0.28 (0.10–0.82)	0.02
Widowed	32 (36.8%)	Reference		Reference
Education attainment
None	181 (32.0%)	10.0 (5.47–18.28)	0.00	3.02 (1.26–7.20)	0.01
Primary	52 (37.1%)	7.98 (4.08–15.61)	0.00	2.19 (0.82–5.84)	0.12
Secondary	193 (62.7%)	2.81 (1.51–5.23)	0.00	1.59 (0.63–4.01)	0.33
Tertiary	66 (82.5%)	Reference		Reference
Household income
Less than 250001	118 (18.5%)	16.50 (9.57–28.43)	0.00	1.44 (0.63–3.26)	0.00
250001 to 450000	88 (60.3%)	2.46 (1.35–4.51)	0.00	0.27 (0.11–0.64)	0.00
450001 to 650000	89 (97.8%)	0.08 (0.02–0.37)	0.00	0.02 (0.01–0.12)	0.00
650001 to 850000	126 (99.2%)	0.03 (0.0– 0.23)	0.00	0.02 (0.00–0.19)	0.00
More than 850000	71 (78.9%)	Reference		Reference
Residential area
Unplanned residential area	207 (26.7%)	24.48 (16.43–36.47)	0.00	5.81 (3.25–10.38)	0.00
Planned residential area	285 (89.9%)	Reference		Reference
Distance to permitted dumpsite
Less than 50 m	58 (93.5%)	0.04 (0.12–0.10)	0.00	0.16 (0.05–0.57)	0.00
Between 50 and 100 m	202 (87.4%)	0.07 (0.05–0.12)	0.00	0.72 (0.35–1.45)	0.35
More than 100–200 m	173 (27.6%)	1.36 (0.95–1.96)	0.10	1.91 (1.15–3.17)	0.01
Over 200 meters	59 (34.1%)	Reference		Reference
				697.471
df				14
%				85.8

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