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

Table 4

Binary logistic regression model of association between knowledge level of the respondents regarding waste related disease causation and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of residents ().

Characteristics	Good knowledge (%)	Unadjusted		Adjusted
		OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age
15–39	247 (38.5%)	1.69 (0.99–2.90)	0.06	0.80 (0.40–1.61)	0.53
40–59	142 (37.6%)	1.63 (0.93–2.83)	0.09	0.83 (0.46–1.51)	0.54
60	20 (27.0%)	Reference		Reference
Sex
Female	246 (33.2%)	0.57 (0.44–0.74)	0.00	0.59 (0.39–0.89)	0.01
Male	163 (46.4%)	Reference		Reference
Marital status
Single	86 (41.0%)	1.39 (0.82–2.34)	0.22	1.33 (0.71–2.49)	0.38
Married	281 (37.9%)	1.22 (0.76–1.95)	0.41	1.65 (0.93–2.95)	0.09
Divorced	13 (24.1%)	0.63 (0.30–1.37)	0.24	0.44 (0.18–1.06)	0.07
Widowed	29 (33.3%)	Reference		Reference
Education attainment
None	118 (20.9%)	0.10 (0.06–0.17)	0.00	0.08 (0.04–0.15)	0.00
Primary	35 (25.0%)	0.13 (0.07–0.24)	0.00	0.11 (0.06–0.23)	0.00
Secondary	198 (64.3%)	0.68 (0.40–1.18)	0.00	0.66 (0.35–1.22)	0.10
Tertiary	58 (72.5%)	Reference		Reference
Household income
Less than 250001	178 (27.9%)	0.51 (032–0.79)	0.00	1.26 (0.66–2.42)	0.49
250001 to 450000	57 (39.0%)	0.84 (0.49–1.43)	0.56	2.07 (1.01–4.26)	0.05
450001 to 650000	64 (70.3%)	3.10 (1.68–5.72)	0.00	5.10 (2.44–10.66)	0.00
650001 to 850000	71 (55.9%)	1.66 (0.96–2.86)	0.07	1.46 (0.76–2.81)	0.25
More than 850000	39 (56.7%)	Reference		Reference
Residential area
Unplanned residential area	237 (30.5%)	0.37 (0.28–0.49)	0.00	0.83 (0.53–1.30)	0.41
Planned residential area	172 (54.3%)	Reference		Reference
				290.863
df				14
%				76.7

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