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

Table 5

Factors associated with utilization of adequately iodized salt at the household level in Mecha district, Western Amhara, Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 700).

Variables	Proper utilization ()	Improper utilization ()	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value for AOR
Sex
Male	33	28	3.9 (2.3, 6.7)	1 (0.5, 2.0)
Female	147	492	1.00	—	—
Age of the head of households
18–24 years	58	86	5.6 (2.8, 11.0)	0.89 (0.5, 1.5)
25–34 years	85	207	3.4 (1.8, 6.5)	0.8 (0.4, 1.6)
35–44 years	25	128	1.6 (0.8, 3.4)	0.6 (0.2, 1.3)
≥45 years	12	99	1.00	—	—
Knowledge
Good	125	76	13.3 (8.9, 19.8)	3.8 (2.1, 6.8.)
Poor	55	444	1.00	—	—
Educational level
Formal education	131	126	8.4 (5.7, 12.3)	2.2 (1.2, 3.7)
No formal education	49	394	1.00	—	—
Residence
Urban	57	33	6.8 (4.3, 10.9)	1.1 (0.6, 2.2)
Rural	123	487	1.00	—	—
Occupation
Government employee	67	29	11.7 (7.1, 19.0)	1.1 (0.5, 2.6)
Merchant	27	57	2.4 (1.4, 3.9)	0.7 (0.35, 1.3)
Housewife	86	434	1.00	—	—
Monthly income in Ethiopia birr
500–1000	37	206	0.6 (0.4, 0.9)	0.7 (0.4, 1.3)
≥1000	89	136	2.2 (1.4, 3.2)	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)
<500	54	178	1.00	—	—
Packaging
Yes	106	52	12.9 (8.5, 19.5)	3.3 (1.9, 5.7)
No	74	468	1.00	—	—

Not significant from the bivariate logistic regression; not significant from the multivariate logistic regression.