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 ().

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

Score mean ± SD = 4.54 ± 1.87.
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