Factors Affecting the Presence of Adequately Iodized Salt at Home in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Study
Table 5
Sociodemographic and practices factors associated with the presence of adequately iodized salt at home in multivariable logistic regression, Wolaita Sodo town and its peripheries, Southern Ethiopia 2016.
Variables ()
Salt titration result
COR
AOR
≥15 PPM
<15 PPM
No (%)
No (%)
Place of residence
Urban
29 (17.5)
30 (10.9)
1.37 (1.02–1.83)
0.88 (0.48–1.62)
Rural
137 (82.5)
244 (89.1)
1
1
Educational status
No formal education
83 (50.0)
189 (69.0)
1
1
Formal education
83 (50.0)
85 (31.0)
2.22 (1.49–3.31)
1.75 (1.14–2.70)
Income of the respondents
≤600 ETB
72 (43.8)
179 (65.3)
1
1
601 = 1200 ETB
52 (31.3)
74 (27.0)
1.75 (1.12–2.73)
1.35 (0.84–2.16)
≥1201–1800 ETB
42 (25.3)
21 (7.7)
4.97 (2.75–8.98)
3.71 (1.97–7.01)
Exposed salt to sun light
Yes
19 (17)
95 (83)
1.00
1.00
No
147 (45)
179 (55)
2.7 (1.76–4.15)
3.75 (2.14–6.57)
ppm: parts per million, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, and ETB: Ethiopian Birr.
