Knowledge and Utilization of Iodized Salt and Its Associated Factors at Household Level in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Factors associated with knowledge on use of iodized salt at the household level in the Mecha district, Western Amhara, Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variables	Good knowledge ()	Poor knowledge ( )	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value for AOR
Sex
Male	43	18	7.3 (4.1, 12.9)	1.2 (0.5, 2.6)
Female	158	481	1.00	—	—
Age
18–24 years	69	75	8.4 (4.1, 16.9)	0.7 (0.3, 1.9)
25–34 years	98	194	4.6 (2.4, 8.9)	0.9 (0.4, 2.2)
35–44 years	23	130	1.6 (0.7, 3.4)	1.2 (0.4, 3.2)
≥45 years	11	100	1.00	—	—
Educational status
Formal education	176	81	36.3 (22.4, 58.8)	15.0 (9.1, 27.7)
No formal education	25	418	1.00	—	—
Residence
Urban	80	10	32.3 (16, 64)	9.1 (3.6, 22.5)
Rural	121	489	1.00	—	—
Occupation
Government employee	90	6	98 (41, 232)	8.8 (3.1, 24.7)
Merchant	42	42	6.5 (3.9, 10.7)	3.1 (1.6, 5.9)
Housewife	69	451	1.00	—	—
Monthly income in Ethiopia birr
500–1000	32	211	5 (.3,.9)	0.7 (0.4, 1.3)
≥1000	118	107	3.9 (2.6, 5.9)	1.9 (0.9, 3.6)
<500	51	181	1.00	—	—

Not significant in bivariate logistic regression; not significant in multivariate logistic regression.