A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study about the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Food Safety Measures among Rural Households in Bangladesh
Table 6
Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis exploring factors associated with good knowledge, attitude, and practice among participants.
Variable
Knowledge
Attitude
Practice
Reference category
Crude OR (95%CI)
Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Crude OR (95%CI)
Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Crude OR (95%CI)
Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Age in years (>55)
≤55
0.41 (0.21–0.82)
0.69 (0.31–1.54)
0.16 (0.09–0.28)
0.38 (0.17–0.81)
0.21 (0.12–0.38)
0.48 (0.21–0.89)
Education (literate)
Illiterate
1.38 (0.89–2.15)
0.84 (0.50–1.42)
3.39 (2.04–5.64)
1.31 (0.68–2.55)
2.25 (1.46–3.49)
1.02 (0.59–1.78)
Occupation (employed/active)
Unemployed/inactive
2.10 (0.70–6.42)
1.17 (0.35–3.94)
4.51 (1.81–11.23)
1.59 (0.51–4.89)
4.50 (1.75–11.58)
2.04 (0.69–6.00)
Marital status (married)
Single
1.79 (1.02–3.14)
1.07 (0.55–2.10)
3.14 (1.82–5.44)
0.78 (0.37–1.68)
2.89 (1.74–4.80)
1.18 (0.62–2.26)
Number of family members (≤4)
>4
1.17 (0.73–1.86)
1.03 (0.64–1.68)
2.09 (1.25–3.49)
1.70 (0.94–3.08)
2.19 (1.39–3.45)
1.85 (1.13–3.03)
House type (pakka/semipakka)
Kacha
1.76 (1.26–2.78)
1.48 (0.93–2.37)
2.23 (1.17–4.23)
1.27 (0.63–2.58)
1.92 (1.15–3.21)
1.36 (0.79–2.36)
Monthly family income in BDT (≥5,000)
<5,000
4.27 (2.05–8.90)
3.51 (1.55–7.98)
9.59 (5.40–17.07)
5.82 (2.89–11.70)
5.48 (3.18–9.45)
3.18 (1.67–6.07)
Pakka means walls, including roofs made of concrete; semipakka means only walls made of concrete; and Kaccha means walls and roofs made of materials other than concrete (e.g., corrugated galvanized sheets). OR: odds ratio. ORs significant at level are shown in bold.
