Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Knowledge on Tuberculosis among Adults in Ethiopia

Table 6

Factors associated with low TB knowledge among men, Ethiopia 2011.

Characteristics	Category	Low knowledge; (%)	Crude OR; (95% CI)	value; (crude)	Adjusted OR; (95% CI)	value; (adjusted)
Residence	Urban	664 (21.11)	1
	Rural	3,477 (35.44)	2.05 (1.67, 2.53)	<0.0001
Age	15–24	1,871 (39.92)	1		1
	25–34	1,010 (27.6)	0.57 (0.51, 0.65)	<0.0001	0.59 (0.52, 0.68)	<0.0001
	35–44	679 (27.19)	0.56 (0.49, 0.65)	<0.0001	0.54 (0.46, 0.63)	<0.0001
	45–49	244 (27.42)	0.57 (0.46, 0.71)	<0.0001	0.49 (0.40, 0.60)	<0.0001
Current marital status	Never in union	1,833 (36.87)	1		1
	Married	2,061 (28.79)	0.69 (0.62, 0.78)	<0.0001	0.73 (0.64, 0.84)	<0.0001
	Living with partner	100 (31.87)	0.80 (0.54, 1.20)	0.280	1.17 (0.87, 1.57)	0.307
	Widowed	22 (37.95)	1.05 (0.51, 2.17)	0.901	0.74 (0.35, 1.60)	0.447
	Divorced	99 (41.79)	1.23 (0.87, 1.74)	0.245	1.14 (0.84, 1.54)	0.400
	No longer living together/separated	26 (22.6)	0.50 (0.25, 1.00)	0.050	0.57 (0.34, 0.96)	0.033
Region	Accessible regions	2,410 (33.14)	2.27 (1.70, 3.01)	<0.0001
	Hard to reach regions	1,319 (34.31)	2.39 (1.76, 3.24)	<0.0001
	City administrations	412 (17.95)	1	1
Education	No education	1,834 (44.01)	8.74 (6.14, 12.44)	<0.0001	7.42 (5.70, 9.66)	<0.0001
	Primary	1,989 (31.16)	5.03 (3.54, 7.16)	<0.0001	3.49 (2.71, 4.48)	<0.0001
	Secondary	224 (15.8)	2.09 (1.39, 3.13)	<0.0001	1.55 (1.17, 2.05)	0.002
	More than secondary	94 (8.251)	1		1
Wealth quintile	Lowest	1,144 (42.7)	2.86 (2.21, 3.70)	<0.0001	1.28 (1.11, 1.48)	0.001
	Second	785 (37.05)	2.26 (1.78, 2.87)	<0.0001	1.06 (0.92, 1.22)	0.390
	Middle	768 (35.66)	2.13 (1.67, 2.71)	<0.0001	1.19 (1.03, 1.36)	0.015
	Fourth	723 (30.15)	1.66 (1.31, 2.09)	<0.0001	1.01 (0.89, 1.16)	0.828
	Highest	721 (20.67)	1		1