From: Knowledge and practice of iodized salt utilization among reproductive women in Addis Ababa City
Variables | Practice | Crude Odds Ratio with 95% CI | Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | |||
Respondents educational status | ||||
Unable to read and write | 19 (38.8) | 30 (61.2) | 1 | 1 |
Read and write | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | 0.04 (0.02,0.11) | 1.18 (0.38,3.64) |
Primary education | 86 (62.8) | 51 (37.2) | 0.08 (0.03,0.22) | 2.06 (0.98,4.32) |
Secondary education | 131 (84) | 25 (16) | 0.12 (0.05,0.25) | 2.10 (1.24,5.6) |
Technical/vocational | 40 (90.9) | 4 (9.1) | 0.36 (0.16,0.80) | 2.14 (1.55,5.43) |
Degree and above | 101 (93.6) | 9 (6.4) | 0.69 (0.20,2.35) | 2.45 (2.10, 6.43)* |
Occupations of the respondents | ||||
Government employee | 75 (94.9) | 4 (5.1) | 2.93 (0.74,11.63) | 2.85 (0.64,12.76) |
Private employee | 83 (82.2) | 18 (17.8) | 0.72 (0.25,2.10) | 1.07 (0.32,3.57) |
Own business | 98 (71) | 40 (29) | 0.35 (0.14,1.05) | 1.08 (0.31,3.51) |
House wife | 95 (74.2) | 33 (25.8) | 0.45 (0.16,1.25) | 1.41 (0.41,4.79) |
Unemployed | 31 (88.6) | 4 (11.4) | 1.21 (0.30,4.93) | 3.53 (0.75,16.07) |
Daily laborer | 5 (16.1) | 26 (83.9) | 0.03 (0.08,0.12) | 0.56 (0.25,1.51) |
Others | 32 (86.5) | 5 (13.5) | 1 | |
Household monthly income | ||||
< 1500 | 84 (60.4) | 55 (39.6) | 1 | 1 |
1500–2800 | 94 (67.6) | 45 (32.4) | 1.37 (0.84,2.24) | 0.98 (0.50,1.60) |
2801–5000 | 138 (84.1) | 26 (15.9) | 3.48 (2.03,5.96) | 1.69 (0.87,3.27) |
> 5000 | 103 (96.3) | 4 (3.7) | 2.57 (1.50,7.23) | 3.66 (1.78,8.03)* |
Marital status | ||||
Not married | 146 (71.2) | 59 (28.8) | 1 | 1 |
Married | 273 (79.4) | 71 (20.6) | 1.55 (1.04,2.32) | 1.30 (0.77,2.18) |
Media exposure | ||||
Poor | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 1 | 1 |
Good | 414 (77.1) | 123 (22.9) | 4.71 (1.47,15.11) | 1.52 (0.44,5.27) |
Knowledge | ||||
Poor | 81 (66.9) | 40 (33.1) | 1 | 1 |
Good | 338 (79) | 90 (21) | 1.86 (1.19,2.890) | 1.27 (0.75,2.14) |