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

Table 8

Comparison of ORs for respondents who know about the preventive measures for hepatitis using BMLRM based on data from PDHS 2017–18.

Age	Men	Women	Total
15–19	1.876 {0.664, 3.952}^c	0.893 {0.636, 1.247}^a	1.042 {0.772, 1.435}^a
20–24	0.812 {0.543, 1.218}^b	0.803 {0.629, 1.011}^b	0.842 {0.688, 1.042}^b
25–29	0.671 {0.481, 0.932}^c	0.956 {0.758, 1.194}^a	0.895 {0.743, 1.076}^a
30–34	1.278 {0.883, 1.812}^b	1.117 {0.877, 1.395}^b	1.076 {0.946, 1.395}^a
35–39	1.253 {0.866, 1.823}^b	0.837 {0.665, 1.049}^a	0.939 {0.773, 1.135}^a
40–44	0.903 {0.642, 1.300}^a	0.832 {0.640, 1.071}^b	0.861 {0.706, 1.054}^a
45–49	Reference	Reference	Reference
Residence
Urban	Reference	Reference	Reference
Rural	0.906 {0.729, 1.124}^a	0.673 {0.591, 0.763}^a	0.733 {0.658, 0.816}^d
Educational level
Illiterate	0.497 {0.349, 0.712}^c	0.445 {0.357, 0.553}^d	0.508 {0.388, 0.561}^d
Primary	0.381 {0.265, 0.534}^d	0.637 {0.495, 0.815}^d	0.540 {0.438, 0.655}^d
Middle	0.591 {0.389, 0.880}^b	0.701 {0.529, 0.946}^b	0.653 {0.517, 0.821}^c
Matriculation	0.588 {0.407, 0.851}^b	0.762 {0.580, 0.992}^d	0.678 {0.548, 0.848}^c
Higher	Reference	Reference	Reference
Income level
Least	0.933 {0.646, 1.358}^a	0.441 {0.362, 0.534}^d	0.519 {0.436, 0.616}^d
Lower-middle	0.636 {0.456, 0.888}^b	0.533 {0.439, 0.651}^d	0.558 {0.472, 0.661}^d
Middle	0.492 {0.357, 0.672}^d	0.648 {0.532, 0.791}^d	0.602 {0.508, 0.717}^d
Upper-middle	0.673 {0.480, 0.921}^b	0.719 {0.588, 0.878}^d	0.700 {0.594, 0.832}^c
Highest	Reference	Reference	Reference
Region
Punjab	0.648 {0.200, 1.643}^b	1.252 {0.638, 2.235}^b	0.947 {0.529, 1.579}^a
Urban	0.725 {0.258, 1.803}^b	1.210 {0.590, 2.258}^b	1.073 {0.580, 1.797}^a
Rural	0.613 {0.206, 1.508}^b	1.006 {0.497, 1.823}^a	0.896 {0.498, 1.491}^a
Sindh	2.078 {0.630, 5.479}^c	0.779 {0.391, 1.438}^b	0.994 {0.560, 1.630}^a
Urban	1.880 {0.575, 5.163}^c	1.338 {0.678, 2.441}^b	1.346 {0.747, 2.285}^b
Rural	2.326 {0.656, 6.702}^c	0.568 {0.279, 1.067}^b	0.748 {0.420, 1.273}^b
KPK	1.625 {0.490, 4.236}^b	0.634 {0.319, 1.120}^b	0.772 {0.436, 1.279}^b
Urban	0.989 {0.290, 3.066}^a	0.830 {0.384, 1.644}^b	0.887 {0.478, 1.596}^a
Rural	2.000 {0.584, 5.598}^c	0.587 {0.303, 1.087}^b	0.764 {0.404, 1.415}^b
Baluchistan	1.538 {0.449, 4.472}^b	1.292 {0.602, 2.532}^b	1.386 {0.744, 2.569}^b
Urban	4.754 {0.843, 8.466}^d	1.125 {0.459, 2.555}^a	0.024 {0.000, 0.237}^a
Rural	1.160 {0.323, 3.482}^a	1.435 {0.615, 3.125}^b	1.339 {0.685, 2.541}^b
Islamabad	Reference	Reference	Reference
Gilgit-Baltistan	0.766 {0.231, 1.990}^b	0.408 {0.193, 0.768}^b	0.478 {0.267, 0.803}^b

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