Research Article

Sociodemographic Determinants of Knowledge towards Tuberculosis Transmission among Women of 15–49 Years of Age in India

Table 4

Multiple logistic regression analysis for association between sociodemographic determinants of knowledge of TB among women in India [N = 699,686].

VariableaOR [95% CI] value

Women’s age in years
 15–19Ref
 20–301.163 [1.137, 1.189]≤0.001
 30 and above1.297 [1.267, 1.328]≤0.001
Place of residence
 RuralRef
 Urban1.191 [1.166, 1.215]≤0.001
Education level
 No educationRef
 Primary1.493 [1.459, 1.528]≤0.001
 Secondary and above2.502 [2.454, 2.551]≤0.001
Wealth index
 PoorRef
 Middle1.173 [1.150, 1.196]≤0.001
 Rich1.590 [1.556, 1.625]≤0.001
Religions
 HinduRef
 Muslim1.090 [1.028, 1.093]≤0.001
 Christian1.060 [1.066, 1.115]≤0.001
 Other1.288 [1.238, 1.341]≤0.001
Caste/tribe
 CasteRef
 Tribe1.081 [0.973, 1.206]0.137
 Other0.908 [0.813, 1.013]0.086