Risk Perceptions of Environmental Hazards and Human Reproduction: A Community-Based Survey
Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for associations between sociodemographic variables and whether respondents considered hazards to be harmful or very harmful to reproduction.
Sample
Pesticides
Household chemicals and paints
Radiation (e.g., pylons, microwaves, phone masts)
Cosmetics and hair colours
Animal borne diseases
(%)
AOR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Gender ()
βMale
50.4
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
βFemale
49.6
2.04 (1.48β2.83)*
2.32 (1.81β2.98)*
1.52 (1.22β1.90)*
1.78 (1.38β2.30)*
2.25 (1.78β2.85)*
Age group ()
β18β34
13.2
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
β35β44
17.3
2.44 (1.41β4.21)*
1.67 (1.06β2.61)*
1.36 (0.89β2.07)
1.40 (0.85β2.30)
0.88 (0.57β1.37)
β45β54
23.1
3.27 (1.98β5.41)*
1.65 (1.09β2.49)*
1.53 (1.04β2.27)*
1.41 (0.88β2.25)
1.07 (0.71β1.61)
β55β64
22.4
3.71 (2.19β6.31)*
1.79 (1.15β2.78)
1.54 (1.01β2.33)*
1.59 (0.97β2.59)
1.01 (0.66β1.56)
β65+
24.0
2.80 (1.69β4.64)*
1.25 (0.81β1.93)
1.11 (0.73β1.68)
1.19 (0.72β1.96)
0.77 (0.50β1.18)
Place of residence ()
βCity
52.0
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
βTown
25.5
1.06 (0.72β1.54)
1.01 (0.75β1.36)
1.09 (0.83β1.43)
1.15 (0.85β1.56)
0.98 (0.74β1.30)
βRural
22.2
1.11 (0.74β1.68)
1.06 (0.77β1.44)
1.34 (1.01β1.78)*
1.15 (0.84β1.58)
0.99 (0.74β1.33)
Children in the household ()
βNo
64.6
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
1.00 Ref
βYes
35.2
1.71 (1.13β2.59)*
1.11 (0.81β1.54)
0.96 (0.71β1.29)
0.89 (0.63β1.26)
1.02 (0.75β1.40)
Note. each odds ratio is adjusted for all other variables in the table; no response given to age (0.8%), place or residence (0.3%), and children in the household (0.2%); *.