Research Article
Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
The impact of socioeconomic and demographic factors on safety behavior of respondents regarding waste handling (
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| Characteristics | Safety behavior (%) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | OR (95% CI) | value | OR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | | | | | | 15–39 | 306 (47.7%) | 2.84 (1.63–4.94) | 0.00 | 4.21 (1.96–9.02) | 0.00 | 40–59 | 135 (35.7%) | 1.73 (0.98–3.06) | 0.06 | 1.40 (0.75–2.61) | 0.30 | 60 | 18 (24.3%) | Reference | | Reference | | Sex | | | | | | Female | 258 (34.8%) | 0.40 (0.31–0.52) | 0.00 | 0.176 (0.11–0.28) | 0.00 | Male | 201 (57.3%) | Reference | | Reference | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 107 (51.0%) | 1.88 (1.12–3.14) | 0.02 | 0.96 (0.52–1.79) | 0.91 | Married | 291 (39.2%) | 1.17 (0.73–1.85) | 0.52 | 0.96 (0.55–1.70) | 0.89 | Divorced | 30 (55.6%) | 2.26 (1.13–5.52) | 0.02 | 1.09 (0.49–2.46) | 0.83 | Widowed | 31 (35.6%) | Reference | | Reference | | Education attainment | | | | | | None | 136 (24.1%) | 0.17 (0.10–0.28) | 0.00 | 0.20 (0.11–0.37) | 0.00 | Primary | 74 (52.9%) | 0.60 (0.34–1.06) | 0.08 | 0.37 (0.19–0.74) | 0.01 | Secondary | 197 (64.0%) | 0.96 (0.57–1.60) | 0.86 | 0.85 (0.45–1.58) | 0.60 | Tertiary | 52 (65.0%) | Reference | | Reference | | Household income | | | | | | Less than 250001 | 240 (37.6%) | 0.29 (0.18–0.46) | 0.00 | 0.28 (0.14–0.56) | 0.00 | 250001 to 450000 | 49 (33.6%) | 0.24 (0.14–0.42) | 0.00 | 0.31 (0.15–0.66) | 0.00 | 450001 to 650000 | 25 (27.5%) | 0.18 (0.10–0.34) | 0.00 | 0.22 (0.11–0.46) | 0.00 | 650001 to 850000 | 84 (66.1%) | 0.93 (0.52–1.65) | 0.80 | 0.53 (0.28–1.02) | 0.06 | More than 850000 | 61 (67.8%) | Reference | | Reference | | Residential area | | | | | | Unplanned residential area | 314 (40.5%) | 0.81 (0.62–1.05) | 0.11 | 2.30 (1.37–3.85) | 0.00 | Planned residential area | 145 (45.7%) | Reference | | Reference | | | | | | 277.409 | | df | | | | 13 | | % | | | | 72.1 | |
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Score mean ± SD = 4.54 ± 1.87. .
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