Pastoralist Community’s Perception of Tuberculosis: A Quantitative Study from Shinille Area of Ethiopia
Table 6
Crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of determinants of TB knowledge.
Predictors
Knowledgeable on TB
Crude OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
High
Low
Sex
Male
157
207
1
1
Female*
191
207
0.82 (0.62−1.04)
0.69 (0.47−1.02)
Age (Years)
18–24*
97
94
1
1
25–34
117
119
0.14 (0.17−1.15)
5.31 (0.33−86.13)
35–44
83
111
0.14 (0.18−1.20)
0.32 (0.09−1.13)
45–54
43
72
0.19 (0.23−1.58)
0.36 (0.11−1.26)
55+
7
11
0.24 (0.03−2.01)
0.50 (0.14−1.74)
Do not know
1
7
0.02 (0.02−2.23)
0.77 (0.21−2.80)
Marital status
Married*
274
342
1
1
Unmarried
53
50
0.76 (0.49−1.15)
0.57 (0.17−1.94)
Separated
7
4
0.46 (0.13−1.58)
0.69 (0.19−2.51)
Divorced
9
6
0.53 (0.19−1.52)
0.29 (0.04−2.18)
Widowed
5
12
1.92 (0.66−5.52)
0.60 (0.09−3.93)
Occupation
Pastoralist*
142
197
1
1
Agro pastoralist
62
93
1.08 (0.73−1.59)
1.21 (0.73−2.02)
Cattle keeping and farming
135
119
0.63 (0.46−0.88)
0.45 (0.29−0.69)
Others
9
5
0.40 (0.13−1.22)
0.21 (0.05−1.77)
Ethnicity
Somali
324
397
1
1
Oromo*
24
17
0.57 (0.30−1.09)
2.24 (0.99−5.07)
Household income
Less than 100 Birr*
103
122
1
1
100–300 Birr
178
220
1.69 (0.98−2.93)
1.86 (0.93−3.72)
>300 Birr
27
44
1.76 (1.05−2.97)
2.03 (1.06−3.86)
Refuse to answer
40
28
2.33 (1.18−4.59)
3.04 (1.29−7.18)
Family size
≤five*
112
370
1
1
>five
236
44
0.05 (0.04−0.08)
0.05 (0.03−0.07)
Knowledge score 5.4 (maximum of 8 score) was used as a cut off for comparison. Variables significantly related (P < .05) to knowledge score on univariate analysis were included for multivariate logistic regression analysis. *Reference category.
