Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia

Table 6

Results of the bivariate binary logistic regression analysis of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards the elimination of onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.

Variables	Category	COR (95% CI)	Value	COR (95% CI)	Value	COR (95% CI)	Value
		Knowledge towards disease		Attitude towards disease		Practice towards disease
Sex	Male	0.017 (0.008–0.035)	0.000	0.059 (0.033–0.105)	0.000	0.088 (0.051–0.152)	0.000
Age	18–25	—	—	—	—	—	—
	26–35	0.003 (0.000–0.027)	0.000	0.039 (0.015–0.101)	0.000	0.077 (0.033–0.177)	0.000
	36–45	0.008 (0.001–0.063)	0.000	0.105 (0.040–0.276)	0.465	0.085 (0.033–0.216)	0.000
	46–55	0.063 (0.007–0.548)	0.012	0.633 (0.186–2.156)	0.465	0.556 (0.188–1.640)	0.287
	56–65	0.293 (0.031–2.724)	0.280	0.667 (0.236–1.880)	0.443	0.771 (0.034–1.953)	0.583
Educational status	Degree and above	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Illiterate	0.004 (0.001–0.014)	0.000	0.045 (0.021–0.095)	0.000	0.047 (0.022–0.100)	0.000
	Primary school	0.011 (0.008–0.037)	0.000	0.050 (0.020–0.125)	0.000	0.063 (0.025–0.159)	0.000
	Secondary school	0.278 (0.001–2.976)	0.290	1.129 (0.122–10.437)	0.915	0.667 (0.113–3.934)	0.654
	Diploma	0.489 (0.125–1.919)	0.305	0.881 (0.256–2.177)	0.783	0.152 (0.493–2.690)	0.783
Occupation	Civil servant	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Farmer	0.045 (0.018–0.114)	0.000	0.162 (0.078–0.336)	0.000	0.246 (0.118–0.513)	0.000
	Merchant	0.574 (0.279–1.182)	0.132	0.758 (0.371–1.547)	0.446	1.020 (0.499–2.083)	0.957
	Student	12.83 (1.611–10.221)	0.016	2.576 (0.837–7.929)	0.099	4.185 (1.361–12.869)	0.013