Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Knowledge on Tuberculosis among Adults in Ethiopia

Table 4

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

Characteristics	Category	Low knowledge; (%)	Crude OR; (95% CI)	value (crude)	Adjusted OR; (95% CI)	value; (adjusted)
Residence	Urban	1,344 (28.1)	1		1
	Rural	5,253 (49.17)	2.48 (2.01, 3.05)	<0.0001	1.22 (1.06, 1.41)	0.006
Age	15–24	2,907 (46.31)	1		1
	25–34	2,057 (42.57)	0.86 (0.76, 0.97)	0.016	0.68 (0.62, 0.75)	<0.0001
	35–44	1,212 (41.5)	0.82 (0.71, 0.95)	0.010	0.60 (0.54, 0.67)	<0.0001
	45–49	421 (45.36)	0.96 (0.80, 1.16)	0.688	0.62 (0.53, 0.71)	<0.0001
Current marital status	Never in union	1,673 (42.11)	1		1
	Married	3,897 (44.66)	1.11 (0.96, 1.28)	0.152	0.82 (0.74, 0.91)	<0.0001
	Living with partner	275 (42.96)	1.04 (0.80, 1.34)	0.787	0.92 (0.77, 1.10)	0.362
	Widowed	216 (39.84)	0.91 (0.71, 1.17)	0.465	0.75 (0.61, 0.93)	0.009
	Divorced	400 (52.83)	1.54 (1.21, 1.96)	<0.0001	1.22 (1.04, 1.44)	0.017
	No longer living together/separated	136 (44.14)	1.03 (0.75, 1.40)	0.876	1.03 (0.81, 1.32)	0.807
Region	Accessible regions	3,578 (45.4)	2.19 (1.85, 2.60)	<0.0001	0.91 (0.77, 1.08)	0.293
	Hard to reach regions	2,013 (41.59)	1.88 (1.53, 2.30)	<0.0001	0.68 (0.54, 0.85)	0.001
	City administrations	1,006 (27.51)	1		1
Education	No education	4,013 (52.67)	6.84 (4.80, 9.76)	<0.0001	3.28 (2.52, 4.27)	<0.0001
	Primary	2,227 (40.09)	4.12 (2.94, 5.76)	<0.0001	1.95 (1.51, 2.51)	<0.0001
	Secondary	260 (22.41)	1.78 (1.23, 2.56)	0.002	1.17 (0.89, 1.55)	0.261
	More than secondary	97 (13.99)	1		1
Wealth quintile	Lowest	1,873 (55.31)	3.19 (2.59, 3.94)	<0.0001	1.40 (1.20, 1.63)	<0.0001
	Second	1,162 (50.77)	2.66 (2.14, 3.31)	<0.0001	1.25 (1.07, 1.46)	0.005
	Middle	1,094 (49.63)	2.541 (2.05, 3.15)	<0.0001	1.23 (1.06, 1.44)	0.008
	Fourth	1,058 (43.69)	2.00 (1.66, 2.42)	<0.0001	1.17 (1.01, 1.35)	0.035
	Highest	1,410 (27.93)	1		1