Analysis of Trends in Awareness Regarding Hepatitis Using Bayesian Multiple Logistic Regression Model

Table 2

Comparison of ORs for respondents who know ways to prevent hepatitis using CMLRM based on data from PDHS 2012–13.

Age	Women	Men	Total
15–19	0.876 {0.680, 1.136}^a	1.398 {0.477, 5.965}^a	0.852 {0.669, 1.093}^a
20–24	0.860 {0.722, 1.024}^b	0.505 {0.336, 0.765}^d	0.782 {0.667, 0.195}^c
25–29	0.929 {0.784, 1.098}^a	0.683 {0.488, 0.952}^c	0.861 {0.741, 0.999}^a
30–34	1.012 {0.851, 1.202}^a	0.930 {0.666, 1.294}^a	0.980 {0.841, 1.141}^a
35–39	0.922 {0.774, 1.097}^a	1.005 {0.715, 1.411}^a	0.922 {0.790, 1.076}^a
40–44	0.959 {0.798, 1.152}^a	0.833 {0.592, 1.173}^a	0.922 {0.784, 1.083}^a
45–49	Reference	Reference	Reference
Residence
Urban
Rural	0.778 {0.705, 0.858}^d	0.649 {0.520, 0.806}^d	0.754 {0.689, 0.825}^d
Region
Punjab	1.089 {0.537, 2.018}^a	0.926 {0.145, 3.314}^a	0.968 {0.497, 1.730}^a
Urban	1.157 {0.567, 2.158}^b	2.600 {0.398, 9.835}^c	1.146 {0.585, 2.062}^a
Rural	1.059 {0.521, 1.965}^a	0.672 {0.105, 2.407}^b	0.896 {0.459, 1.603}^a
Sindh	0.763 {0.375, 1.418}^b	0.428 {0.067, 1.538}^b	0.628 {0.322, 1.126}^b
Urban	1.132 {0.552, 2.127}^a	0.406 {0.063, 1.478}^b	0.842 {0.428, 1.521}^a
Rural	0.543 {0.266, 1.016}^b	0.444 {0.069, 1.615}^b	0.487 {0.248, 0.877}^b
KPK	0.891 {0.436, 1.665}^a	0.699 {0.108, 2.576}^b	0.777 {0.396, 1.400}^b
Urban	1.180 {0.549, 2.361}^a	0.800 {0.114, 3.538}^b	1.009 {0.492, 1.931}^a
Rural	0.841 {0.411, 1.576}^b	0.682 {0.105, 2.532}^b	0.737 {0.375, 1.330}^a
Baluchistan	0.831 {0.397, 1.603}^a	0.564 {0.086, 2.169}^b	0.723 {0.362, 1.336}^b
Urban	0.807 {0.348, 1.789}^b	0.767 {0.097, 4.454}^a	0.777 {0.353, 1.634}^a
Rural	0.835 {0.395, 1.630}^a	0.527 {0.079, 2.059}^b	0.707 {0.351, 1.319}^b
Islamabad
Gilgit-Baltistan	0.929 {0.350, 2.519}^a	0.533 {0.055, 5.133}^b	0.772 {0.312, 1.924}^a
Educational level
Illiterate	0.443 {0.218, 0.998}^c	1.000 {0.660, 1.514}^a	0.418 {0.352, 0.494}^d
Primary	0.420 {0.336, 0.522}^d	0.552 {0.383, 0.789}^d	0.449 {0.372, 0.540}^d
Middle	0.458 {0.356, 0.588}^d	0.599 {0.409, 0.871}^d	0.499 {0.404, 0.614}^d
Matriculation	0.532 {0.418, 0.674}^d	0.879 {0.590, 1.302}^d	0.606 {0.494, 0.741}^d
Higher	Reference	Reference	Reference
Income level
Least	0.624 {0.537, 0.725}^d	0.433 {0.313, 0.596}^d	0.584 {0.510, 0.669}^d
Lower-middle	0.610 {0.527, 0.705}^d	0.490 {0.353, 0.676}^d	0.587 {0.513, 0.670}^d
Middle	0.690 {0.595, 0.799}^d	0.669 {0.475, 0.940}^b	0.684 {0.597, 0.782}^d
Upper-middle	0.776 {0.670, 0.900}^b	0.786 {0.563, 1.093}^a	0.779 {0.681, 0.892}^d
Highest	Reference	Reference	Reference

a: value ≥0.05; b: value <0.05; c: value <0.01; and d: value <0.001.