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

Table 7

Comparison of ORs for respondents who have heard of hepatitis using BMLRM based on data from PDHS 2017–18.

Age	Men	Women	Total
15–19	0.814 {0.323, 2.571}^b	0.427 {0.343, 0.531}^d	0.381 {0.313, 0.463}^d
20–24	0.789 {0.485, 1.344}^b	0.753 {0.634, 0.896}^d	0.686 {0.578, 0.811}^d
25–29	0.955 {0.611, 1.468}^a	1.163 {0.937, 1.389}^b	1.061 {0.901, 1.246}
30–34	1.278 {0.819, 2.023}^b	1.088 {0.909, 1.309}^a	1.041 {0.884, 1.233}
35–39	0.935 {0.609, 1.445}^a	1.121 {0.930, 1.355}^a	1.049 {0.885, 1.239}
40–44	1.254 {0.784, 2.028}^b	1.046 {0.860, 1.273}^a	1.048 {0.873, 1.253}
45–49	Reference	Reference	Reference
Residence
Urban	Reference	Reference	Reference
Rural	0.609 {0.457, 0.809}^d	0.638 {0.575, 0.703}^d	0.626 {0.568, 0.687}^d
Educational level
Illiterate	0.143 {0.079, 0.238}^d	0.141 {0.108, 0.181}^d	0.142 {0.103, 0.167}^d
Primary	0.260 {0.141, 0.449}^d	0.260 {0.197, 0.342}^d	0.257 {0.197, 0.330}^d
Middle	0.318 {0.165, 0.584}^d	0.288 {0.211, 0.389}^d	0.296 {0.223, 0.390}^d
Matriculation	0.715 {0.360, 1.398}^a	0.419 {0.305, 0.566}^d	0.463 {0.352, 0.609}^d
Higher	Reference	Reference	Reference
Income level
Least	0.212 {0.134, 0.325}^d	0.232 {0.195, 0.273}^d	0.229 {0.196, 0.268}^d
Lower-middle	0.342 {0.210, 0.542}^d	0.337 {0.284, 0.398}^d	0.336 {0.286, 0.398}^d
Middle	0.501 {0.314, 0.803}^c	0.415 {0.334, 0.497}^d	0.422 {0.356, 0.496}^d
Upper-middle	1.131 {0.632, 2.046}^a	0.527 {0.441, 0.630}^d	0.559 {0.471, 0.667}^d
Highest	Reference	Reference	Reference
Region
Punjab	1.341 {0.319, 3.789}^b	0.947 {0.496, 1.620}^a	1.117 {0.669, 1.788}^a
Urban	2.345 {0.731, 6.250}^c	1.668 {0.878, 2.937}^b	1.675 {0.951, 2.758}^b
Rural	1.231 {0.301, 3.723}^b	0.766 {0.411, 1.296}^b	0.822 {0.478, 1.320}^a
Sindh	1.188 {0.379, 3.101}^a	0.503 {0.268, 0.860}^b	0.594 {0.354, 0.968}^b
Urban	1.221 {0.284, 3.654}^b	0.537 {0.285, 0.932}^b	0.613 {0.350, 1.008}^b
Rural	0.503 {0.129, 1.454}^b	0.467 {0.255, 0.813}^b	0.523 {0.306, 0.849}^b
KPK	1.607 {0.445, 4.375}^b	0.729 {0.403, 1.265}^b	0.850 {0.493, 1.372}^a
Urban	1.620 {0.339, 6.684}^b	1.949 {0.938, 3.860}^c	1.826 {0.949, 3.352}^c
Rural	0.995 {0.226, 2.993}^a	0.618 {0.327, 1.091}^b	0.729 {0.424, 1.188}^b
Baluchistan	0.780 {0.245, 2.015}^b	0.618 {0.327, 1.091}^b	0.219 {0.123, 0.357}^d
Urban	1.104 {0.229, 4.555}^a	0.298 {0.154, 0.540}^d	0.395 {0.225, 0.664}^d
Rural	0.382 {0.098, 1.152}^c	0.158 {0.085, 0.272}^d	4.950 {3.672, 6.689}^d
Islamabad	Reference	Reference	Reference
Gilgit-Baltistan	0.252 {0.065, 0.700}^d	0.102 {0.055, 0.170}^d	0.112 {0.065, 0.185}^d

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